These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

The opera spotlights the women who challenged segregation in Montgomery, using classical music infused with sounds of gospel, ...

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NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke to graduating students at Harvard University on May 28, telling the new graduates ...

BERLIN — Section by section, American artist Ryan Mendoza painstakingly disassembled the small wood-frame home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks after learning that the struggling city of Detroit ...

Speaking at Harvard’s Tercentenary Theatre, Abdul-Jabbar reflected on his path into social justice activism as a young ...

Amid legal disputes with President Trump, Harvard holds graduation ceremony with students planning protests and viewing the ...

Maine artist Robert Shetterly said the late Albany civil rights leader epitomized his two-decade portrait project, “Americans ...

You have done a marvelous job of grasping the underlying truth and philosophy of the movement,’ the Rev. Martin Luther King ...

Harvard holds its 374th commencement amid Trump-led federal pressure, funding cuts, and visa bans, standing firm on academic ...