This film traces the fascinating and complex life of this neglected civil rights hero. From AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. The civil rights movement was set in motion by activists of the National ...

Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with ...

Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, ...

President Trump announced Thursday that the National Garden of American Heroes will be getting statues of Kobe Bryant, Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson.

Hazel Dukes, at center in front, gathers with members of the Staten Island NAACP. At left is Ed Josey, chapter president, and ...

This comes ahead of the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, which will be commemorated this coming weekend.

The book offers a deep look into the life of the Late John Lewis. The iconic civil rights activist eventually became one of the most revered politicians of his time. This conversation originally ...

Michael Van Leesten, a former basketball player, became a prominent civil rights activist in Rhode Island. The Providence City Council renamed the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge in honor of ...

Walter White is one of the unsung heroes of the 20th century. KARLOS HILL, HISTORIAN: When we think about the civil rights movement today, we don't think so much about all those who laid the ...

"Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP" traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history. With his blond hair and blue eyes ...

But he was Black — by law, identity, and conviction and spent his entire life fighting for Black civil rights. Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil ...