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Vintage political art posters show how protesters have long used July 4th to demand civil rights, social change and economic ...
In the wake of the overthrow of Charles X, Eugène Delacroix gave life to his now-famous painting, “Liberty Leading the People,” to celebrate what he hoped was a new era of French freedom. A decade ...
Political art set to sweep billboards across 50 US states ahead of 2018 midterms ... but on this occasion it was printed in block letters over an iconic photograph from the civil rights era.
"The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest civil rights organization, having dedicated itself to the fight for racial equality since 1909. While the ...
The occasion: the “Latinos, the Voting Rights Act and Political Engagement Conference,” where educators, civil rights activists, community activists and others explored Latino political ...
Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...
Amid ongoing debate over Alex Garland’s 'Civil War,' two THR critics ponder the burdens of political art during a fraught election year.
A group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a small Sugar Shack store, on May 3, 1966, in Peachtree, Ala., after the Voting Rights Act was passed the previous year. MPI/Getty Images ...
During the spring and summer of 1963, President Kennedy initiated a multi-front effort to pass a strong civil rights bill. Most of his advisers and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson opposed this push.
Explore the pivotal role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in shaping the Civil Rights Movement and the passage of landmark legislation, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.