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"This moment is just a continuation... the guts to stand up to Donald Trump is all of us together"

Al Sharpton's speech at the DNC compared Trump's record to Kamala Harris, emphasizing unity and progress in civil rights and social justice.

A new book by Clara Bingham goes back to the 60s and early seventies to look at the women who were grappling with how to push their cause forward

Shirley Chisholm, a Democratic congresswoman, was the first African American woman to run for president of the United States. Sixty years later, Kamala Harris will become the first Black and South Asian American woman to be nominated for president by a major party. Is the United States poised to elect…

Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet led me – a historian who has written about political polarization and the Civil Rights Movement – to think back to another norm-smashing populist who encountered death on the campaign trail: former Alabama governor and U.S. presidential candidate George Wallace.

Read inspirational quotes about pursuing excellence, putting in the work and optimizing your mindset.

A new Netflix biopic brings the achievements of the first Black woman to serve in the US Congress to a wide audience

Regina King, Lance Reddick, Terrance Howard star in film about Shirley Chisholm’s historic run for president

From sci-fi adaptations to true stories, here's what to watch this weekend