Local NAACP leaders strive to find new ways to make the organization relevant for young people today. ...more

February 8, 2009

Several local voters agreed, Wednesday, that the times are changing, with Barack Obama's election positively affecting how Americans view race. ...more

November 6, 2008

Billy Joe Shannon, a local Democratic activist campaigning for his party's local candidates and presidential ticket, got up about 5:30 a.m. Friday and let "Romeo," his poodle, out into his front yard on Mackerel Drive. ...more

September 28, 2008

Virgil Hawkins never reached the promised land in his attempt to gain admission to the University of Florida law school, but he was honored Wednesday as a trailblazer in the fight to open the school's doors to minority students. ...more

September 18, 2008

The University of Florida is celebrating the 50th anniversary of desegregation and honoring the pioneers who opened up the school to all races. ...more

September 17, 2008

Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York. ...more

July 5, 2008

The High Museum of Art is focusing on the civil rights era in two new exhibits that include 200 photographs, many of which have never been publicly displayed. ...more

June 29, 2008

Robert Butler has made a life doing what he loves. ...more

June 13, 2008

Heads down, the children stood on the school's cafeteria stage like statues. ...more

February 21, 2008

Forty years ago, he saw crosses burning on his street in Zachary, La. ...more

February 2, 2008