For Mr. Person, the campaign was an illustration of the power of nonviolence and collective action. It was also a deeply ...

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Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of ...

The Gideon vs. Wainwright Historical Marker in Panama City celebrates a landmark 1963 Supreme Court ruling. ©Dick Demarsico ...

This August will mark 60 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which officially prohibited racial ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned ...

Drawing on extensive new material, Nathans’ insightful history of Soviet dissidents introduces remarkable individuals who courageously and selflessly tried to pursue civil rights from the 1960s ...

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Here is a roll call of some noteworthy figures who died in 2024 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available): ...

Fans loved the smooth sounds of jazz and catchy doo-opp tunes of the 1950s. This list includes the biggest artists of the ...

He joined the firm Willis & Knight, but politics was in his blood. In 1983, he was elected Tennessee Democratic Party chair ...