In “Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope,” Brandon M. Terry says the familiar narrative modes of the era have warped our ...

Related stories Related sites The civil rights struggle in modern times. 1954 -- U.S. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional in Brown ...

They called it Shared Chains. The episode ran on the “Blaac718” podcast, and in that dim space between sound and silence, an ...

The civil rights movement that gained strength in the 1960s was marked by citizen activism – as well as police violence ...

Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they ...

Origins of the civil rights movement : 1865-1948 -- School desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education decision : 1949-1954 -- Emmett Till case : 1955 -- Montgomery bus boycott : 1955-1957 -- ...

ROANOKE, VA – Justice and equality are timeless battles that continue to shape our world, and right here in our community, these vital topics are being explored in fresh and meaningful ways. Dr.

Coretta Scott King died in 2006 at the age of 78 from complications with ovarian cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer for women. Coretta Scott King was more than the wife and widow of Martin ...

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...

A water fountain. A lunch counter. A seat on a public bus. Access to these things might sound simple, but the Civil Rights Movement thrust them deeply and permanently into our national fabric ...

The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation. By Bernard Mokam Joseph ...