A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection, currently featuring a selection of our award-winning films from Stanley Nelson (Firelight), documenting pivotal moments in the 20th century civil rights ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, has a long history, working since 1909 to advance justice and equality for African Americans. It was ...

Ahead of a service marking his extraordinary life's work at Bristol Cathedral on Friday, his daughter Fumi Stephenson has ...

And the key here is that, if you think about "Eyes on the Prize" and the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century, in some ways, it could be summed up three words: We shall overcome.

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...

For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake government were driven ... introduced a raft of new federal initiatives in ...

A 14-part landmark documentary about the 20th-century civil rights movement in the United States obviously wouldn't be complete without considerable coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. Produced by ...