As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew ...

I don’t want another person to go through what I did. I want the God-given dignity of all men and women recognized by the ...

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were ...

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to ...

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an ...

The bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to vote.

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

India observes National Women's Day on February 13, honoring Sarojini Naidu’s legacy in independence, women’s rights, and ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing important figures in Mississippi's history, including Medgar ...