The statement did not say where he died. Britain’s civil rights movement of the 1960s is less well known, and had less impact, than the epochal struggles in the American South that produced ...

The group, on the road celebrating its 50th anniversary, comes to SFJAZZ Center's Miner Auditorium this week for a four-day run. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

A former West Virginia correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail The Latest As ...

Luther Vandross is most remembered as one of the most gifted male pop vocalists of his generation, and in particular, for his ...

Ella Jenkins, a singer-songwriter known as the “first lady of children’s music,” has died. She was 100.  According to NPR, ...

The U.S. Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws after those Republican-led ...

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The city of Peoria is hosting a free three-part workshop series on the history of American music through the lens of gospel, ...

A history course created amid the upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement invites students to have honest conversations ...

In the hours and days since it became clear that Donald Trump would be re-elected president of the United States, there’s been a surge of interest in the US for 4B. Young liberal women across ...

Bobby Allison, founder of racing's "Alabama Gang" and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86. NASCAR released a ...

One hundred and sixty years after the United States abolished slavery, racial differences continue to spark pervasive ...