Decades after Freedom Summer led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, The Root revisits what led to the historic legislation ...

With the end of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Chicago and Milwaukee, now comes time for both action and historical reflection. In 1960, Chicago native Bob Moses travelled from ...

The recent arson that destroyed Beth Israel, Jackson, Miss.’s only synagogue, evokes that state’s dark legacy of violence toward those supporting racial equality — one stretching back more than 60 ...

From 1961 to 1964, a multi-racial group of young, trained activists from the North were shuttled by bus to states in the South in an effort to end segregation and register Black voters during the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Shreveport native and civil rights activist was the architect of Freedom Summer in 1964. Here’s his story. Dennis was a force ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - In 1964, Hattiesburg played a huge role in the Freedom Summer Civil Rights Movement. The movement aimed to increase African American votes at the polls. Last year marked the ...

During a 1964 effort to register Black people to vote, known as Freedom Summer, the Ku Klux Klan killed three civil rights activists in Philadelphia, Miss. In this special “Post Reports” episode, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – Charles McLaurin initially disagreed with the plan to bring college students – many of them white, many from the ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Hattiesburg native Raylawni Branch is a civil rights activist and was one of the first two African-American students to attend the University of Southern Mississippi. She ...