In his new feature documentary, “The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights,” longtime Florence filmmaker Larry Hott explores that question, homing in on what he calls “a small ...

The movement’s legacy: A biblical lens. The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in addressing racial injustice, but its reliance ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Thomas Ricks about his book on a military history of the civil rights movement: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968.

In his introduction to a summary version of the Freedom Budget, A. Philip Randolph, the great elder statesman of the civil rights movement who had inspired the 1963 March on Washington, wrote of ...

He remained active in civil rights organizations and served on the board of his alma mater, as well as for Bennett College and the University of North Carolina. He died on January 9, 2014, at age 73.

Though some think that the Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950, two Supreme Court decisions mark two important dates within it. The 1896 ruling of Plessy v Ferguson permitted “separate but ...

In mainstream accounts of the Civil Rights Movement, names like King, Parks, and Du Bois headline textbook chapters and, over time, have become synonymous with resistance itself— and for good ...

By the time John F. Kennedy became president in 1961, the civil rights movement had gained considerable momentum. In a televised speech on June 11, 1963, he announced that he would be sending ...

The movie “Till” tells the story of how Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) channeled grief into fury and helped ignite the civil rights movement. Her 14-year-old Chicago-reared son, Emmett ...

After Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Johnson continued pursuing civil rights legislation. After a 75-day filibuster, the Senate voted 73-27 in favor of the bill and Johnson signed the Civil Rights ...

Take this 10-question quiz to see how much you know about the civil rights icon and the movement he helped lead. (Article continues below the quiz) Most of us know at least a little something about ...