James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide, has died. He was 82 ...

The fight to desegregate public schools is well documented in courts and history, but it also lives on through the voices and ...

ASHEVILLE - Trailblazing civil rights attorney and Asheville native James "Fergie" Ferguson died the morning of July 21, his son Jay Ferguson told the Citizen Times. He was 82.

Trump’s budget bill cuts and a Tennessee lawsuit could further hurt already-strapped colleges. Students and communities both ...

Citizens Trust Bank was founded by five visionary Black businessmen—known as the “Fervent Five”—to serve Atlanta’s Black community during segregation. Today, it’s a full-service bank with branches ...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jimmy Joe Robinson, who broke racial barriers as the first Black varsity football player at the University of. Our thoughts ...

Attorney Jeffrey Portnoy joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the Trump administration’s challenge to First Amendment rights including freedom of speech (e.g. purging ...

William Lacy Clay Sr.'s career in political office started when he was 28 years old. The civil rights advocate was a strong ...

An unrepentant liberal, Clay served more than three decades in Congress, the first African American from Missouri. His son, Lacy Clay, succeeded him.

This article was originally published online with Word In Black, a collaboration of the nation’s leading Black news ...

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