Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a difference for all Memphians.

This Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at a special series of quarters honoring notable American women. This is the ...

The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books for kids of all ages. From beautifully illustrated picture books to memoirs that depict the Jim Crow South to biographies of ...

and announced Thursday the winning name is Ida Beav Wells, a reference to journalist and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells. Other names floated for the beaver included Southside Large Marge ...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an early American civil rights pioneer and suffragist, is being celebrated this year with the circulation of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett American Women Quarters coin and the ...

In MutualArt’s artist press archive, Ida H. Carey is featured in Unwanted Art: 'Pre-Loved Re-Loved' Exhibition Sparks Debate About Royalties, a piece from New Zealand Herald in February 2019. The ...

"Who was the woman trying to convince a jury in a tiny courthouse in Nova Scotia that it was self-defense when she killed her partner; and who was the young woman walking into the palais de ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A little more than 12 years later, Miller’s biography of Weaver — “The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball” — will hit shelves Tuesday. The book ...

It’s almost time to celebrate World Book Day and you might be wondering which books you can get your hands on for £1. The £1 book tokens given out ahead of the big day allow children to choose one ...

March highlights include books on the healing power of reading; underwater cables that carry the world’s information; and the fragility of memory (Supplied) Anne Sebba’s The Women’s ...