Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated ...

These Black activists fought for civil rights over decades. Here are their warnings, and advice, for American protesters today.

Nashville leaders are honoring the life of civil rights activist Bernard LaFayette, whose passing leaves a profound void in the city.

A political action committee opposing Virginia’s April 21 redistricting referendum is facing sharp criticism after sending ...

Williams’ chronicle would be more enriching by addressing presumed truths that are far from self-evident, for example, what differentiates the second civil rights movement from the first?

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

As the fight for civil rights continues to evolve, activists of today are raising questions about how far the nation has come since the era of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and where progress has stalled ...

Kickstarted by donation of documents from Rep. James Clyburn, the center now captures stories from all facets of South Carolina’s civil rights history.

Reflecting on the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, the article honors civil rights activists and the struggle for voting rights in Baltimore and Selma.

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

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 ...

Rethinking social movement theory : race, class, gender, and culture -- Exclusion, empowerment, and partnership : race gender relations -- Women and the escalation of the civil rights movement -- ...