Gayle, in November 1956, handing NAACP lawyers a major victory ... the president invoked a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. An SCLC staffer watching the speech with Reverend Martin ...

The 1954 Brown v Topeka case was an important turning point in the civil rights movement, as it showed that the Supreme Court was prepared to take action to end segregation in the USA. In 1865 ...

Like the activists leading the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s ... one of two Boston public schools for Black children. “The most important achievement on the part of our people and ...

Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to “the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to fight integrated schools.

One of the first things that's important when you think about freedom songs and the Civil Rights Movement is to not ... to tell the story about specific events. There is a great example of songs ...

Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, with a series of events in the state’s capital city intended to cause reflection, celebration and ...

(DC News Now) — Black History Month is a time to reflect on the nation’s civil rights struggles. Hagerstown author Ed Maliskas said Washington County played a little-known but important role ...

As Hollywood studios move forward with rolling back programs and practices that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, ...

Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Selma, Alabama, a pivotal location during the civil rights movement ... The church holds deep historical significance, serving as a meeting place for civil rights ...

As the school voucher debate unfolds this legislative session, both sides have attempted to pick up the mantle of the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement ... the Texas State Historical Association.