Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Kristina Estle, director of the Underground Railroad Museum, wants area residents to remember and understand the cause that ...

The civil rights icon opposed injustice globally and his legacy supports Palestinian liberation. Israel's co-optation of his ...

Over 100 kids killed or injured in last month, UNICEF reports, as explosives litter country after almost 14 years of civil ...

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate vowed Tuesday to work on building a modern state in the crisis-hit country, saying his priorities will be to rebuild the destruction caused by a ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long deserved a much more respected place in the history of the Civil Rights ...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees called for “rapid, unhindered and uninterrupted humanitarian access” to the strip to relieve the suffering caused by war. Israel will release 735 ...

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

President Joe Biden will spend part of his last full day in office in South Carolina on Sunday, according to the White House.

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, and its turmoil is part of a broader struggle in the region.