The dogs, hoses, and armored cars were not effective in the way that Bull Connor and much of white Birmingham wanted them to ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions threaten racial progress .

Under Doris Bland’s leadership, MAW reframed welfare as a right rather than a privilege, emphasizing the dignity and agency ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

As part of Trump's onslaught on longstanding federal policies, his action affecting government contracting cancels an order signed by LBJ that was integral to the civil rights movement of the 1960s ...

We are approaching the 65th anniversary of a historic Civil Rights Movement event here in the Triad, known as the Greensboro Sit-Ins. On Feb. 1, 1960, four North Carolina Agricultural and Technical ...

While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...

The following five stories are a great place to start if you're interested in learning about historic places, people and ...

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream of equality for all. Behind the scenes, many people helped make that dream a reality.

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...