It's been 40 years since London's Brixton Riots, a major event in Britain's Black history, which changed a discriminatory Met Police practice for good.
The Underground Railroad allowed Black people to escape slavery, but the trip was perilous. Here's what it was really like escaping on the Underground Railroad.
The change proposed in 2016 under President Obama "floundered" once Donald Trump took office, as officials repeatedly found excuses to maintain the status quo.
The 14th Amendment to the US constitution is known as one of the most important documents in the history of race and the struggle for equality in the country.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a holiday 33 years after his assassination in 1968, and the bill, proposed immediately, did not even get a vote until 1979.
Malcolm X remains one of the most complex and controversial figures in American history. Here are some of the false things you believe about Malcolm X.
Jim Crow laws became a guiding principle in the South. What were they, and how bad was life living underneath them? This is the untold truth of Jim Crow.
The tragic true story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is a dark spot in American history, and thanks to decades of silence, you've probably never heard of it.
You probably didn't learn about many African Americans in school and that's just wrong. Here are forgotten African Americans you never learned about in school.
When the world's largest athletic apparel and equipment company makes a statement, people listen. That company, Nike, just made a big announcement about Juneteenth -- the oldest national celebration commemorating the official end of slavery. Here's what you need to know.
Emmett Till loved to laugh."He would pay people to tell him jokes," according to his cousin, Wheeler Parker. He also "loved to tell jokes," said childhood friend Richard Heard, who remembered Emmett being "a funny guy all the time."
The civil rights movement in the USA has had a positive impact on the USA. Here are things your teacher probably got wrong about the civil rights movement.