As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

A new exhibit at BW's Ritter Library, which opened as part of the University's annual Martin Luther King Week activities, ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

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The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

Every February, the United States commemorates Black History Month, a time dedicated to honoring the achievements, ...

But an earlier episode in Boston’s long civil rights struggle, which took place on the spot where The Embrace stands today, has been forgotten. It all began in 1942, when local civic leaders ...

The passengers escaped, but the photos of the burning bus became one of the defining images of the civil rights struggle. (Farmer and Lewis had left the bus before it reached Alabama.) The riders ...

Dr. Bernice King, the CEO of the King Center and the youngest daughter of the civil rights leader, has some ideas.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presents the moving story of the city's role in the civil rights movement, focusing not just on the past, but also on the continuing international struggle ...