Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was in his mid-20s when he rose to prominence as the father of the American Civil Rights Movement ...
Civil rights advocates and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that ...
Although his name is not easily recognized beyond Chester County, West Chester native Bayard Rustin is one of the Black ...
Americans talk about Civil Rights as a political movement. But as MLK well knew, it was more than that. It was a revival.
His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...
At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a ...
Women from the Jewish Federation of San Diego visited with civil rights icons remembering the road to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
"Don't sit around waiting for others to do it. You're never too young or too old to get involved in the movement," said ...