Medgar Evers, a World War II veteran who fought segregation in Mississippi, is among service members whose histories have ...

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an ...

Medgar Evers, whom President Trump called “a great American hero,” has been erased from the website which featured a section ...

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 ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the birthplace of the blues.

an immersive journey through the South that aims to educate participants about the civil rights movement and its often overlooked heroes. The program seeks to humanize and honor African American ...

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

These civil rights heroes had stood up to the most entrenched, violent forces in our society and prevailed, bringing our nation closer to its founding promise. The march toward progress isn’t an ...

Dukes, who led the New York State NAACP for nearly five decades, fought tirelessly for voting rights, economic development, ...

Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, the Shreveport native learned from local elders that spurred the movement ...

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