U.S. Rep. James Clyburn has been fighting for civil rights for 60 years. At 80, he gave himself one last job: Get Donald Trump out of the White House.
Author: Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered by fellow veterans: ‘We had right on our side’
As John Lewis’ life is celebrated in several cities, veterans of the civil rights movement, close friends and colleagues shared memorable moments.
They overcame police dogs and beatings: Civil rights activists from 1960s cheer on Black Lives Matter protesters leading new fight
Civil rights veterans are praising today’s young protesters for continuing the fight against police brutality, injustice and discrimination.
‘People are really suffering’: Black and Latino communities help their own amid coronavirus crisis
Black and Latino community leaders are stepping in to help their own through the coronavirus crisis.
Black people are overwhelmingly dying from coronavirus in cities across the US
With coronavirus cases and deaths soaring in cities with significant black populations, civil rights groups are urging the release of racial data.
Health issues for blacks, Latinos and Native Americans may cause coronavirus to ravage communities
People of color have many underlying health conditions that could make them vulnerable to health risks from the coronavirus pandemic, experts said.
Coronavirus could mean many Americans won’t get counted in the 2020 census
Census officials and community groups are canceling job fairs and other events to ward off the spread of the coronavirus, but hiring is still underway
We’re ‘equipped’ to count nation’s population amid coronavirus crisis, census officials say. Lawmakers aren’t so sure.
As census officials prepare to count the nation’s population, experts and lawmakers raise concerns about the potential impact of the coronavirus.
America has a history of lynching, but it’s not a federal crime. The House just voted to change that
The House approved a bipartisan bill that would make lynching a federal crime, a move supporters say is long overdue.
I was writing about colonial America’s first enslaved Africans. I was stunned to find my ancestors, too.
The search for one woman’s family led a reporter to find her own roots using oral history, archives and DNA tests. It also led to stunning results.