From the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to a small-town high school that changed American law, Tennessee’s Civil Rights ...
A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in ...
A crowd gathered at a pivotal site of defiance in the civil rights movement, this time in opposition to efforts by ...
From Birmingham to Selma to Montgomery, eight historic landmarks trace the courage, sacrifice, and strategy that drove one of ...
From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...
For many, the notion of government surveillance feels distant, the start of a policy debate about wiretaps or monitoring phones. To us at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, it means ...
Historically, the Voting Rights Act wasn’t passed long ago — and its erosion now threatens hard-won racial progress.
The Trump administration wants kids to learn about food, but federal funding cuts have cost some schools access to nutrition ...
A civil rights protest in Alabama this weekend was organized to kick off a summer of voter mobilization and civic action across the South.
Nonfiction picture books and middle grade titles introduce young readers to historical American figures who fought to correct ...
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's ...