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National Park Service Revises Evers Home Brochure, Removing 'Racist' Label for Killer

The edits follow a 2025 executive order directing revisions to federal historical content.

PBS Debuts Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Four-Part Black and Jewish America Docuseries

Minecraft Reups Free 'Good Trouble' DLC With Civil Rights Lessons, Drawing Online Backlash

Black History Month at 100: Celebration Meets New Fights Over How the Story Is Told

Morehouse MLK Chapel Unveils Joseph Smith Portrait for Hall of Honor

LAPD Chief Decries Police Commission Disruption Citing First Amendment Limits

Trump Administration Expands Removal of National Park Signs on Native History and Climate at 17 Sites

Dallas County Posthumously Exonerates Tommy Lee Walker 70 Years After His Execution

Barbie Honors Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' With Inspiring Women Doll

Supreme Court Probes Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule,’ Questioning Black Codes as Historical Support

Dallas County Symbolically Declares Tommy Lee Walker Innocent in 1953 Murder

Nike and LeBron Face Backlash Over MLK-Inspired LeBron 23 Tied to Lorraine Motel

Pam Grier’s On-Air Lynching Account Faces Scrutiny Over Ohio Records

MLK Day 2026 Mixes Remembrance, Service and Activism Nationwide

On MLK Day, The View Skewers Trump’s 'Reverse Discrimination' Claim as EEOC Message Fuels Clash

MLK Day 2026: Closures, Retail Hours, and a National Parks Access Change

Mississippi Synagogue Arson Suspect Faces Federal Charge as State Hate-Crime Case Advances

Claudette Colvin, Pioneering Catalyst of Bus Desegregation, Dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer Who Refused a Bus Seat at 15, Dies at 86

Jackson Synagogue Arson Suspect Charged After Confessing He Targeted Its ‘Jewish Ties’