Clay became a boxer and suffered the indignation of winning an Olympic gold medal for the United States in 1960 and ... during the years when the civil rights movement achieved its first milestones.

Yet Southern states defied the court's decision. In Mississippi, Medgar Evers and other African American applicants ... a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. An SCLC staffer watching ...

Following the American ... rights movement, as it showed that the Supreme Court was prepared to take action to end segregation in the USA. In 1865, the Civil War in America ended. The northern ...

The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at ...

Exploring the incredible legacy left by the defiant performer and songwriter Nina Simone, particularly her 1966 song 'Four Women', which typified the era.

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

With the federal law eroded by court decisions, about a half-dozen states want to enshrine protections for non-white voters. But it’s a tough sell even in Democratic states.

Tens of thousands are set to protest on April 5 against Trump's agenda, defending democracy, civil rights, and everyday Americans' interests.

Few countries buffet and shine their historical landmarks and dates with the pride and precision of the United States ... enduring touchstones of the civil rights movement. It is the 60th ...

For Teen Vogue’s United States of Suppression series, we spoke to civil rights lawyers, elected representatives, and organizers to understand how our right to protest is being curtailed ...

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 ... within states have existed since ...