Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...
Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...
Without frills, important HBO documentary series looks back at 1970s arson in the Bronx, the Million Man March of 1995 and ...
March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...
Diane Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation ...
The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...
The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in 1957, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet toward her ...
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sharpton has a 60-plus-year history in the civil rights movement. The popular ... and attorney born in Chicago, Illinois. As the former director of the Racial Justice ...
Why: Medgar and Myrlie Evers worked together in the American Civil Rights Movement. Medgar ... which also has sites in Chicago, Illinois and Glendora Mississippi. A free app, the Emmett Till ...
As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or minimized in favor of male figures. From organizing boycotts to ...