Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...

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 ...

On August 28, 1963 American civil rights activist Martin ... The greatest human rights activists of the twentieth century in this photo gallery by TASS.

How did the African-American experience in the war, and in the postwar period, influence the civil rights movement? World War I was in many ways the beginning of the 20th-century civil rights movement ...

March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of Black artists.

Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday LEXINGTON ... February 2018 during a black-tie-optional gala at the newly opened Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The glitzy event ...

An African American woman's voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil ... 19th and early 20th century; gospel ...

George Vaughn, a prominent lawyer from St. Louis, played a pivotal role in reshaping American civil rights through landmark Supreme Court cases in the mid-20th century. Vaughn, who served as an ...

The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa ... In the early 20th century, yoga grew in popularity specifically among women.

and two historical churches from the early 20th century and late 19th century in 3-D. Assistant Director and Curator at Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center, George Garner ...