civil rights movement

Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray Receives NAACP LDF’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The 92-year old activist, state legislator, and preacher was honored for his numerous contributions to America’s most important civil rights battles.
05/05/2023

Alabama’s Black Belt, With Its Rich Civil Rights Legacy, Named National Heritage Area

The region played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement, from the Montgomery bus boycotts to the training of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen.
01/10/2023

Sister Of Girl Killed In 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Still Waiting For Compensation From State

Sarah Collins Rudolph was 12 when a KKK terrorist attacked killed four Black girls.
09/16/2022

Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Asks Court To Expunge Her 1955 Arrest

She refused to give up her seat on a bus before Rosa Parks ignited the civil rights movement.
10/27/2021

This Day in Black History: Aug. 6, 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law.
08/06/2021

This Day In Black History: Dec. 1, 1955

Rosa Parks is arrested.
12/01/2020

This Day in Black History: June 21, 1964

Three civil rights workers were killed by the KKK.
06/21/2020

Ole Miss Apologizes to Black Students Arrested and Suspended In 1970 Protest

Those eight students made gains for racial equality.
02/27/2020

Obama on Montgomery Bus Boycott Anniversary: 'Rosa Parks Changed America'

POTUS honors the mother of the civil rights movement.
12/01/2015

Civil Rights Leader Rev. Willie T. Barrow Dies at Age 90

The civil rights community mourns the loss of an icon.
03/12/2015

The New Civil Rights Movement: Has the Momentum Died?

Activists discuss the next phase of their movement.
02/27/2015