Illinois to annually honor Emmett Till, Chicago teen whose 1955 murder galvanized Civil Rights Movement

Illinois will annually honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago whose 1955 murder galvanized the Civil Rights Movement and became a glaring example of failures in the justice system, under ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Civil Rights

The Events That Took Place in This Selma, Alabama, Home Were Key to the Civil Rights Movement, and You Can Now Visit It. The ...
Marketplace

Understanding the civil rights movement as a labor and economic movement

When discussing the civil rights movement, many focus on its political and social implications. But we rarely hear about the economic ideals that drove the movement. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I ...
The Washington Post

Pay attention: There’s a second civil rights movement

Juan Williams is a journalist and political analyst for Fox News. This column was adapted from the forthcoming “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” to be ...
Los Angeles Times

Civil rights era changed how Black Americans see themselves

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred When Americans assess the legacy of the civil ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Excluded at the March on Washington, Dorothy Height Went on to Become the ‘Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement.’ See How She Built a Movement with Women at the Center.

As one of the only women planning the March on Washington, Dorothy Height organized the logistics, mobilized the crowds, and was never given the microphone. What she built in response helped shape the ...
Newsweek

We Need a New Civil Rights Movement, Built on Love | Opinion

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As I woke on the day after Donald Trump's election back to the White ...

Black Arts Movement exhibit 'comes home to Jackson'

New arts exhibition to open on July 26 until Nov. 8, featuring over 100 Back artists from 1955-1985, created by the National ...

Oklahoma City breaks ground on $17M Clara Luper Civil Rights Center

Oklahoma City Leaders broke ground on the MAPS 4 Clara Luper Civil Rights Center on Wednesday.The center's namesake, Clara ...
Chronicle

Remembering the Civil Rights Movement

Danny Lyon was a student at the University of Chicago in the summer of 1962, when he photographed a sit-in on the campus. The sit-in was organized by current U.S. Senator and fellow University of ...
Forbes

Tom Ricks: What The Civil Rights Movement Teaches Us About Strategy

A group of African American anti-segregation demonstrators run for safety as they are sprayed with high-pressure water from fire hoses during a civil rights march in Birmingham, Alabama. The Civil ...

This top senior tour company just unveiled 2 new Civil Rights trips

The tour company Road Scholar launched two new U.S. Civil Rights Movement trips for 2027, timed to the 10th anniversary of its original program.