Phillips Hospital, leads a gathering of professionals in a march outside Jefferson Bank & Trust on Oct. 10, 1963. The bank ...
As one of the only women planning the March on Washington, Dorothy Height organized the logistics, mobilized the crowds, and ...
When discussing the civil rights movement, many focus on its political and social implications. But we rarely hear about the economic ideals that drove the movement. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I ...
Heading out to learn Mississippi this summer? This is a list of state landmarks that shaped the Black civil rights movement and impacted America's history.
Most readers are familiar with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They are less familiar with the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
Cardi B recently celebrated how the progress that Black Americans have fought for continues to shape immigrant life in the ...
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Baker's work was instrumental in the success of the NAACP and other organizations, but she did it in a way that didn’t put herself in the spotlight. That was by design ...
Danny Lyon was a student at the University of Chicago in the summer of 1962, when he photographed a sit-in on the campus. The sit-in was organized by current U.S. Senator and fellow University of ...
The tour company Road Scholar launched two new U.S. Civil Rights Movement trips for 2027, timed to the 10th anniversary of ...
Cardi B voiced her respect for older generations of African-Americans who waged the fight for civil rights. The Am I the Drama? rapper spoke to CNN's Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohe ...
The City of Atlanta celebrated a living piece of American history on Saturday by dedicating a lasting community landmark to a ...