Should ignorant people be allowed to vote?
CNN Opinion contributor LZ Granderson responds to comments on his article "Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Trump and race."
When Rosalind Cron left home in the 1940s to join a teenage girl jazz band called the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, she had no idea what it would be like, as a white girl, traveling with the predominantly black band.
A Jim Crow era book elicits feelings and lessons from that chapter of U.S. history. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield reports.
It's always interesting talking to American youth, especially African Americans, who are quick to suggest that the "old ways of doing things" like marches, rallies, protests and boycotts have no effect on changing public policy today.
My faith tradition has always been inextricably bound with the tradition of the civil rights movement. The blood, sweat and tears of "the movement" have run through my life; they touched and entangled me with an indelible spirit of never giving up, always trying to serve.
This month marks the anniversary of many historical milestones in the continuing effort to guarantee equal rights to all Americans.
In the midst of a prolonged recession, two wars, and an ongoing environmental catastrophe, it is unfortunate that inconsequential controversies about race are among America's most widely discussed subjects.
Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod tells HLN's Robin Meade how the uproar over her words have affected her family.
There is no issue that is more volatile, passionate, confusing, perplexing and complex than the reality of race in America.
The caricatures have been flying from left and right since Tea Party Senate candidate Rand Paul started talking about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That Rand Paul is a racist. That his nomination proves the Republican Party is, too. That MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is a man-eating sorceress. That the liberal media ... you get the idea.
I'll be checking off all the boxes as requested on the 2010 census because it's part of being a good citizen.
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