Much of the civil rights movement is remembered through the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. There were a number of ...

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.

Every major U.S. medical group, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and said gender-affirming treatments can be medically necessary and are supported by evidence. Doctors, ...

Omaha residents honor the historic civil rights marches with a local march, emphasizing the importance of remembering and ...

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 ...

American history unfolds through architecture, with untold stories hidden in the homes of influential Black Americans, revealing their cultural impact.

The resonance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech, delivered on the eve of his assassination in Memphis, reverberates through ...

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 ...

King was martyred for his role in that struggle for freedom and equality ... but renamed National Civil Rights Day, remaining on the third Monday in January to forever keep its nexus to him.

The guest speaker will be Matthew Washington, author of “The Jim Crow of the North: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Pottstown, PA.” “Washington is an assistant professor of history at ...

BLUES LEGEND B.B. KING AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR EVERS ... THEY SHOWED US, ALL OF US, EACH IN THEIR OWN POWERFUL WAY, HOW TO TRANSFORM, STRUGGLE INTO STRENGTH. AS B.B. KING WAS PLAYING, HIS MUSIC ...