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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Long origins of the short civil rights movement, 1954-1968 / Steven F. Lawson -- Hollywood, the NAACP, and the cultural politics of the early civil rights movement / Justin T. Lorts -- The Young Women ...

A civil rights protest in Alabama this weekend was organized to kick off a summer of voter mobilization and civic action across the South.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther ...

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