Cesar Chavez is not a person I knew a lot about. I am generally familiar with his leadership of migrant farm workers (I teach State v. Shack) and know that "Si se puede" was the progenitor Barack ...

Audrey II arrived at the Florida Rep scene shop in a shipping pod. She was too big to fit in the Rep's normal rehearsal hall. She had to be compressed just to fit through the scene shop's bay doors.

Thank you, Jesse Jackson, for setting the stage and providing us with a philosophical foundation for a human rights movement.

A touch of annoyance flashes across Cory Booker’s face as we talk about fighting. “Why do people preemptively, continually, ...

How a former pediatrician and Eli Lilly executive chose a Midwestern public university to champion civility, community and ...

Civic leader Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. would have turned 100 this year. His story remains unknown to many Phoenix residents.

Under California law, I would be handed over to ICE and probably sent to El Salvador to face life in CECOT. And so I have stopped seeking parole.

Pennsylvania’s newest license plate has the slogan “Let Freedom Ring,” with the Liberty Bell in the middle. Think about what it means. Martin Luther King Jr. used this phrase in his “I Have a Dream” ...

Lou Ann was honored for her service by Leonard Vaughen and the other ORSOR leaders with a necklace bearing the Sankofa bird, mascot and symbol of the Scarboro 85. The Sankofa bird is a Ghanaian ...

At 91-years old Ivan Rasmussen was given a replacement car from Adams Angels after his car was destroyed by a reckless driver. The non-profit and its supporters responded with a just-received donated ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. delivered a passionate and intimate eulogy for his father, civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, reflecting on what he believes is his real legacy in American ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...