Frederick Douglass is one of the most iconic figures in American history, and, during the height of his career, he visited Ypsilanti to give three…

Earlier this month, we took a quick look into the Underground Railroad in our Southeast Michigan. As part of Black History Month, we continue exploring…

At the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival in February, one couldn't help but notice the striking new grand piano on the main stage, emblazoned with the name…

Though we hear a lot about bombings and physical attacks, efforts to take down leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement came in many forms. Rev.…

Nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, many of the Southern states in America were segregated and openly oppressive to African Americans.…

The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. But for Freeman Hrabowski, now president of…

With so much on the line, one might think that everyone in the Black community would be on the same page when it came to fighting for civil rights. But…

It seems almost natural that a movement with an aim of racial equity would include the young and the old, men and women, Northerners and Southerners, as…

With the physical safety of civil rights workers at stake, it was imperative that trained medical practitioners be on hand during protests. The Medical…

For former United States Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod, experiencing the death of her father at the hands of a white farmer while…