Gerrymandering is the process by which districts for the House of Representatives are drawn so that one party has a distinct election advantage.

Mississippi Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was fatally shot in his driveway in 1963. His killer wasn't sentenced until 1994.

“Ghana tells us that the forces of the universe are on the side of justice… An old order of colonialism, of segregation, discrimination is passing away now.”

How the Memphis Sanitation Strike, with its iconic “I AM A MAN” signs, helped deepen Martin Luther King, Jr.'s radicalism in the last months of his life.

The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of a number of constitutional conventions in Southern states during Reconstruction. One lasting achievement was creating universal education systems.

Black Muslims have been an influential force in the prisoners' rights movement and criminal justice reform as early as the World War II era.

The writings of Martin Luther King, not so well known as his speeches and acts of civil disobedience, are a rich source for those researching his life.

Is it possible to have a fair trial or an impartial jury in an age when anyone is just a viral tweet or a Facebook search away?

Some of the first precedent-setting sexual harassment cases were filed by women who were African-American, working class, or both

Women leaders of the Civil Rights movement worked under the triple constraints of gender, race, and class. Their contribution hasn't gotten its due.