Rory McShane was among the generation of young nationalists who took to the streets in the late 1960 to demand civil rights.

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

Civil rights activist Robert Moses has died at the age of 86. Moses endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped ...

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

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963 ...

The author expresses concern that current turmoil in the U.S. mirrors the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Recent events cited include the firebombing of a Mississippi synagogue and legislative ...

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 ...