As Americans across the nation prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of their independence on July 4, 2025, the Fourth ...

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to ...

Where I lived, in Atlanta in 1962, the landlady rented her extra bedrooms to college students and working young ladies. Dorothy Cotton lived on the first floor. [Cotton is known as a pillar of the ...

Kennedy deployed his eloquence for positive purposes. I posit that there are two broader reasons why people the world over still revere Kennedy, both of which crystallized on consecutive summer days ...

HONORING A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON. CIVIL RIGHTS GIANTS IN THE CAPITAL CITY FOR A WEEKEND OF REMEMBRANCE. AS JACKSON CELEBRATES WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MEDGAR EVERS 100TH BIRTHDAY. >> THIS WEEKEND OF PANELS ...

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.

Under Kennedy’s leadership, HHS has placed LGBTQ people at the center of the bull’s-eye by stripping away access to health ...

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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's new vaccine advisory committee returned to work Thursday, and the panel may vote on proposals about ...

In celebration of Evers' lasting legacy, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and Mississippi Votes Action Fund are hosting the second annual Democracy in Action Convening. This year's event is ...

President John Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg, expressed his woes with the Murphy production about his uncle John Jr. in a rant on Instagram. Jasper Colt / USA TODAY NETWORK “Lately, my ...