We have systematically oppressed a group of people for 400 years — from the slave ships of 1619 to the Three-Fifths ...

Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had been working together for years.

The president is promising a return to meritocracy—while staffing his government with underqualified loyalists.

The Biden administration never finalized a ban on menthol cigarettes, and the Trump administration withdrew the proposal. The ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. Simply stated, President Johnson’s order provided equal opportunity in Federal employment and banned anyone doing business with the ...

I don’t think Wisconsin will legalize marijuana anytime soon. Still, Evers should pardon those with misdemeanor cannabis convictions.