When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

For boomers, the rapid reversal of 1960s-era gains for civil rights, women, LGBTQ, etc., has unraveled the story of our ...

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While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...

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His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

The CIA released 55 documents related to its surveillance on Latino civil rights organizations last month. The FBI has not ...

As part of Trump's onslaught on longstanding federal policies, his action affecting government contracting cancels an order signed by LBJ that was integral to the civil rights movement of the 1960s ...