Fifty years ago this week, in the summer of 1967, the streets of Newark exploded in violence. Here is a first-hand account of the tragic events that changed the city forever.

It makes sense if you analyze it through the lens of the historical model of white governors, legislators and boards of regents in the Jim Crow South, who used the financial fragility of HBCUs as leverage to require political submission.

Tyehimba Jess has just won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry!

In this revealing documentary, veteran journalist Bob Herbert examines the often heroic efforts of black families to pursue the American dream in the face of unrelenting barriers. Watch the film.

Watch video from Bill Moyers' 1988 conversation with the playwright behind Fences, a Pulitzer Prize-winning work that was nominated for a number of Oscars this year.

A new movie reminds us of past racial injustice as a new administration tries to roll back the clock.

We will have to confront the deep problems that allowed Trump first to hijack the Republican Party and then to win the election.

It's a dichotomy that was well understood by a late Texas congressman who helped light the spark for the newest museum on the National Mall.

Before heading to the polls or filling out your ballot, check our updated roundup tracking new election laws across the country.

Disparities in education begin at an early age and we as a society need to make a commitment to fund our schools equitably so all students have a chance to succeed.