civil rights movement
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‘March On for Voting Rights’ Demonstrations to Mark Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington
58 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands in the historic March on Washington. This year, King’s son and other organizers will march for voting rights.
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House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Bill, But It Will Face a Tough Fight in the Senate
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act looks to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013.
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Texas Republicans Lie on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Name in Critical Race Theory Attack. MLK III Was Having None of It
Watching whiteness work is exhausting. Imagine if you've been doing it as long as the King family has.
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Civil Rights Icon and Educator Bob Moses Dies at 86
Moses, who helped lead Black voter registration drives in the South during the 1960s and later founded the Algebra Project, died Sunday, July 25, 2021.
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‘She Was Born a Leader’: Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Dies at 99
Richardson was at the forefront of various civil rights demonstrations in Cambridge, Md.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument
One of our most daring trailblazers of the civil rights movement was honored in the Windy City with a bronze statue.
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Case Files for 1964 Lynchings of Civil Rights Activists Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Made Public for the First Time
These are the kinds of American stories a certain political party would rather history just forget. This one isn't even 60 years old.
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Activists Follow the Example of the Freedom Riders During a Trip to Promote Rights for Black Voters
The bus trip traveled the reverse route that the original Freedom Riders took through various Southern states in the 1960s.