civil rights movement

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) shares with NTD his inspiration from “the great civilizing movements of American history,” like the civil rights movement, to make “America a more perfect union and ...

Commentary My childhood was unique. I attended St. Agnes School in the Oakland neighborhood of the City of ...

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday to establish a national monument in honor of Emmett Till, ...

A cousin of Emmett Till, the young black boy lynched in 1955 for approaching a white woman in ...

NR | 1h 20min | Documentary, History, Biography | 14 October (USA) Born in 1922 in the Manassas section of Memphis, Tennessee, and dying ...

The Civil Rights Movement was perceived as a high point in American history and a great victory, but ...

Tucked away in the West End neighborhood of Tuscaloosa, and next to what used to be a hugely ...

Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks held onto her wooden cane while sitting on the couch at her Birmingham home. ...

“Do not use justice for blacks as excuse to destroy this nation,” says Bob Woodson. A veteran of ...

The superb “Selma” is an excellent way to give your teenagers a powerful history lesson, and at the ...

NEW YORK—In 1999, President Bill Clinton bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal on the Little Rock Nine. Who were ...

“Literature has lost one of its greatest voices, the civil rights movement has lost one of its staunchest ...