Civil Rights
When Marian Anderson Sang at the Lincoln Memorial, Her Voice Stunned the Crowd, and Her Gold-Trimmed Jacket Dazzled
With no color photos of her famous performance in existence, the brilliance of Marian Anderson's bright orange outfit has been lost, until now
Jurors Cannot Be Dismissed From a Case Based on Sexual Orientation
The price for being treated like an equal human? Also having to serve jury duty
The Stark Reminders of the Birmingham Church Bombing
Upon the 60th anniversary of the tragic attack, these stained glass shards recall the day that saw four girls killed in Alabama
Document Deep Dive: Rosa Parks’ Arrest Records
Read between the lines of the police report drawn up when the seamstress refused to give up her seat in 1955
The Power of Imagery in Advancing Civil Rights
"Whether it was TV or magazines, the world got changed one image at a time," says Maurice Berger, curator of a new exhibit at American History
Black Like Me, 50 Years Later
John Howard Griffin gave readers an unflinching view of the Jim Crow South. How has his book held up?
Building the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
For those working behind the scenes on the King memorial, its meaning runs deep
A Year of Hope for Joplin and Johnson
In 1910, the boxer Jack Johnson and the musician Scott Joplin embodied a new sense of possibility for African-Americans
A Civil Rights Watershed in Biloxi, Mississippi
Frustrated by the segregated shoreline, black residents stormed the beaches and survived brutal attacks on "Bloody Sunday"
Courage at the Greensboro Lunch Counter
On February 1, four college students sat down to request lunch service at a North Carolina Woolworth's and ignited a struggle
Emmett Till's Casket Goes to the Smithsonian
Simeon Wright recalls the events surrounding his cousin's murder and the importance of having the casket on public display
Hazel Scott’s Lifetime of High Notes
She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries
A Jazzed-Up Langston Hughes
A long-forgotten poem about the African-American experience is given new life in a multimedia performance
Lincoln's Contested Legacy
Great Emancipator or unreconstructed racist? Each generation evokes a different Lincoln. But who was our sixteenth president?
The Freedom Riders, Then and Now
Fighting racial segregation in the South, these activists were beaten and arrested. Where are they now, nearly fifty years later?
The Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon's Murder
One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother would never be the same
Civil Wrongs
In a painstaking study of 1960s Atlanta, Kevin Kruse takes suburban whites to task
Fearing the Worst
A church is bombed. A daughter is missing. A rediscovered photograph recalls one of the most heart-wrenching episodes of the civil rights era
35 Who Made a Difference: Robert Moses
A former civil rights activist revolutionizes the teaching of mathematics
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