Dukes died March 1 at 92 years old. As president of the NAACP New York State conference she was active in politics until the ...

Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...

Three House Democrats joins MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," and the ongoing ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

Maxine Waters, D-California; civil rights activist Al Sharpton; civil rights leader and former ... Referring to last year’s presidential election, Figures said that the country “didn’t honor the men ...

Bloody Sunday, civil rights activists warn that the right to vote is in peril due to political attacks and restrictive laws.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious re-election campaign, even as he faces a ...