WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for ...

The Congressional Black Caucus marked the 5th anniversary of Rep. John Lewis' death by vowing to continue to fight for voting ...

A lot of people talk about helping people. She just did it — over and over again — no matter the circumstances.' ...

Several of his former colleagues got up and spoke about Lewis’ impact on their lives and the lives of Americans across the ...

William L. Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black congressman and noted civil rights leader died Wednesday at his daughter Vicki ...

Bill Clay spent a lifetime being confrontational. The son of a welder, he became a leader of the street demonstrations that took on St. Louis power brokers and broke the ...

ST. LOUIS — William "Bill" Clay Sr., Missouri's first Black congressman and a St. Louis civil rights leader, died Thursday. He was 94.

William “Bill” Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights leader and Missouri’s first African-American Congressman, has died at the age of ...

William Lacy “Bill” Clay Sr., a pioneering civil rights leader and Missouri’s first African-American congressman, die ...

We know that Black women are up to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.

Longtime family friend and St. Louis Attorney Darryl Piggee tells KMOX he passed away at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland Thursday morning.