civil rights

The Burchfield Penney Art Center, partnership with The Buffalo Urban League and the Buffalo United Resiliency Center are hosting an Arts and Culture celebration.

56 years after his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr.'s mission remains relevant, his dream of equality still resonates.

The Civil Rights Organization has issued this annual report since 1976

...a reason for Blacks to Vote today

Marion Barry's death has saddened District of Columbia residents who are familiar with his efforts and accomplishments as a mayor as well as a staunch Civil Rights Leader.  His legacy includes his having served 4 Terms as Mayor of DC. The Controversy revolves around the following: The Washington Post delivered the following respectful Headline: Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term D...

Dorothy Irene Height would have been 102 on March 24th and today Google honored the civil & women’s right’s activist by drawing up her very own Google Doodle! Dorothy Height, served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 yrs...

The Supreme Court Justices wrapped up the term with a blockbuster week of decisions on affirmative action, the Voting Rights Act and same-sex marriage. I talked with human rights activist David Alexander Bullock about how these rulings could have lasting effects on democracy, diversity and individual rights.

As we conclude Black History Month and gear up for Women's History Month, Rosa Parks makes history again! This time on Capitol Hill. Witness the momentous unveiling inside.

The Buffalo Edition of the Trayvon Martin Million Hoodie March. Showing support and unity for the prosecution of Trayvon Martin's killer. This really feels like the Civil Rights movement all over again crazy that this is going on in 2012...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mary Morris Burnett Talbert was an educator, women’s rights advocate and a civil rights crusader.