When Lexie Webster integrated an Indianapolis neighborhood in 1963, fences went up. She spent her 96 years breaking down ...

In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was amended to include the Fugitive Slave Clause. This clause made it illegal for enslaved ...

Rosemary Pope, a longtime community leader in southeastern San Diego, was born in 1945 and raised in Macon, Ga., when public ...

As fireworks light up the night sky, let us remember that the truth is also a source of light. America's promise remains ...

In the United States, power often comes down to documentation. For centuries, those in power have used documents to police ...

If you’re wondering what happens when history is bowdlerized or suppressed, lies are enshrined, free enquiry stifled, empathy ...

Editor: Every so often someone writes this paper proclaiming how Republicans have always championed civil rights and true equality while the mean old Democrats have been against minorities from the ...

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence asserted the radical idea that all are created equal. For centuries, Americans have ...

The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

Next year our nation will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from then world super power ...