But going back is precisely what the legislature voted to do, as Tennessee became the first of the former Confederate states ...

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

Former Massachusetts State Representative and civil rights activist Benjamin Swan has passed away on Monday at the age of 92.

After the All Roads Lead to the South National Day of Action, civil rights leaders have announced massive plans for an even ...

The city of Greensboro is continuing its efforts to preserve and highlight local civil rights history through the $75K ...

Clarence B. Jones, the civil rights lawyer, activist, and speechwriter who helped draft Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

The Trump administration argued that Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students, in violation of ...

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 ...

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 ...

From the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to a small-town high school that changed American law, Tennessee’s Civil Rights ...

Three new historical markers are now telling the story of Jacksonville’s role in the civil rights movement — and the national ...