The Howard-Linton Barbershop became a shelter for many when the push for civil rights turned violent in Tuscaloosa.

Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which opened 40 years ago this month, changed everything and nothing about how we understand memorials. Its list of soldiers lost in the war, more than ...

The 1989 photograph, Maya Lin working on Civil Rights Memorial by Adam Stoltman, is among numerous works including 3D models, sketchbooks, personal papers and family photos in the exhibition, "One ...

Lin's works include the Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama, the Langston Hughes Library in Tennessee and What Is Missing? — the massive, ongoing, environmental activism project she launched in ...

The National Portrait Gallery has opened an exhibition on Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Nov. 12, 2022.) ...

The Rev. Lee Cooper, Jr. gives the altar call at the Sept. 6 Community and Civil Celebration for Rev. John A. Reed Jr., community activist, civil rights leader and longtime pastor of Fairview ...

Sculptor and architect Maya Lin is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, D.C., but modern viewers may not know about her rise to prominence and the ...

The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First Amendment.

I once criticized James Lawson for MLK killer's memorial service. Now I know he was right Rev. James Lawson was right, and all of us who really care need to do more still to bring about a beloved ...

Memorial honoring civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley debuts in west suburbs. By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team. Friday, October 28, 2022. A new memorial is being revealed to honor the late Mamie ...

After a Florida man was acquitted in 2013 of killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, a local minister and longtime civil rights leader helped lead a forum for the Black community at his northeast ...