Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer, has died. She was 99.
Merritt will run as a Democrat against embattled Republican incumbent Ken Paxton.
Common will officially give civil and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer a new voice through a planned biopic project.
A video has gone viral of actor and activist Kendrick Sampson being punched and detained by Cartagena Colombia police.
Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark 1961 Freedom Rides, has died. He was 83.
The Rev. Gilbert Caldwell, a civil rights icon who was a part of the Selma "Bloody Sunday" march and the March on Washington, has died.
Civil rights leader Juanita Abernathy, whose significant role in the civil rights movement helped reshape America's cultural and political landscape, has died.
Julian Bond , civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, has passed away. He was 75.
