Memphis soul music became the “soundtrack of the modern Civil Rights Movement" as the city served as a bridge between the ...

Author Dylan C. Penningroth says that the fight for civil rights didn't begin with famous marches. What if the conventional narrative of the 1960s civil rights era, by its very nature, limits the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a ...

Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they lost, and why we should still have hope. We all know the mainstream history of ...

The Civil Rights movement remains a defining chapter in American history, but interpretation evolves as new questions arise. Scholars use different structures to trace long-term struggles, regional ...

Montgomery, Ala., helped shape America — from the cradle of the Confederacy to the birthplace of the civil rights movement to the city's draw today as the place to reflect on the legacy of slavery.

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 ...

America has a serious problem, as evidenced by multiple school shootings and a political assassination all within the span of two weeks. What’s less obvious is that the lessons of history give us the ...

The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) wasn’t just another chapter in American history — it was a fight for dignity, equality, and the very soul of the nation. Through the lens of photographers who ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A traveling exhibit honoring civil rights leader Lonnie C. King Jr. opened at the Northwest Library in Albany this week, bringing national history back to its Southwest Georgia ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, people across the country and in Middle Tennessee will gather to honor the civil rights leader's life and legacy. In Nashville, a ...