At 92, Mattie Jones doesn’t need a history book to remember the civil rights movement. It lives in her Louisville, Kentucky, home, in her memories, and in the work she says is still not finished. On ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long deserved a much more respected place in the history of the Civil Rights ...

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States centered on celebrating African Americans' history, heritage, cultural influence and social contributions. It's also a time to remember ...

Photographer Andrew Feiler stood in front of a crowd of over 200 attendees at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, beaming. “I can't believe how lucky I am,” he said. A curator grinning ear ...

In every activist movement since the beginning of recorded history, leaders have had to recruit followers to join their movement. In the 1960’s civil rights movement, this strategy led Dr. Martin ...

As Donald Trump takes the oath of office and is sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, the nation is also observing the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ...

Civil rights groups such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Urban League ...

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 ...

Photographer Andrew Feiler stood in front of a crowd of over 200 attendees at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, beaming. "I can't believe how lucky I am," he said. A curator grinning ear ...