Find part 2 of our conversation with Peniel Joseph here. The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls, ...

Book documents voter rights struggles and other civil rights issues that sparked turbulence in Plaquemine in 1963.

Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me round, I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin’, marchin’ down to freedom land. Ain’t gonna let segregaton turn me ‘round, turn me ‘round … It was the early spring ...

Even today, it can be difficult to talk about what happened and why it happened. In Alabama, educators and other people are using this anniversary to try to make civil rights relevant to a younger ...

William R. Mathews, editor of the Arizona Daily Star, attended the civil rights march in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963. He described the marchers as orderly and organized. President Kennedy said ...

April 11 marks a century since the birth of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the Detroit mother of five murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama in 1965 during the height of the civil rights movement. We are ...

The fight for Civil Rights spanned decades, cities and states and to our nation's capital. These are some of the most poignant must-visit destinations that weave that story.

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls, fire hoses and dogs were used against peaceful protesters, ...