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

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

Among those orders is one that would, in theory, end birthright citizenship — the constitutional right to citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil — for children born to undocumented parents. The U.S.

While February is best known as the shortest month of the year, it can also be one of the most enlightening ones. That’s ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

The dead children cannot be restored ... But there is no reason why the civil rights movement should abandon one weapon as it flourishes another. It would amount to negligence to allow the ...