Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. It set her on a path to nonviolent protest.

Tampa’s Untold Chapter in the Civil Rights Movement” will be at Tampa Theatre on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at 3 p.m.

Two days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, we authored a piece for the Washington Post drawing on ...

The Multicultural Arts Center will present Stokely & Martin, an original theatrical work written and directed by Najee A.

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters’ invite you to the 43rd Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert on January 18 ...

The Urban Civil Rights Museum, Harlem, New York City’s first museum dedicated to the American Civil Rights Movement, is set ...

A teacher who told students Rosa Parks "did not exist" and that American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

The National Register of Historic Places was created in 1966 as a way to preserve America's historical resources.

Rev. James Lawson Jr., who died in 2024 at 95, is sometimes overlooked as a key deputy in the non-violent movement that transformed American civil rights.

Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a ...

Lawrence Hamm has led the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress since founding the Newark-based civil rights group in 1982. POP, as it’s known, has worked alongside hundreds of organizations ...