Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores ...

NEW ORLEANS — After Candice Henderson-Chandler moved to New Orleans and bought her first house in 2021, she learned it had played a key role in the city's civil rights history and was the childhood ...

National Public Radio (NPR) journalist Ayesha Rascoe’s newest pursuit started with a simple question: “Where are these stories?” Rascoe leads an NPR series titled “The Civil Rights Generation,” where ...

In honor of Black History Month, civil rights authors Andrew Aydin (GRD ’12) and Edward Peeples explored their published works and articulated personal stories of activism within the civil rights ...

PEOPLE VISIT AND LEARN. WHEN WE THINK OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, MANY THINK OF LANDMARKS IN THE SOUTH. BUT THIS LITTLE ROW HOME ALONG EUTAW PLACE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY. I THINK ...

The Civil Rights Movement is often heralded as a watershed moment in American history. It is remembered for dismantling ...

Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they lost, and why we should still have hope. We all know the mainstream history of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Apr 10, 2025, 12:05pm EDT Martin Luther King waves to ...

As part of our on-going power series, we explore the most impactful Civil Rights activists in American history, from Fannie Lou Hammer to Fred Hampton. Men and women as young as mere college students ...

This month, America honors Black history. Unfortunately, our nation’s schoolchildren aren’t being taught much about the subject. A recent UCLA study found that more than half of states have taken ...

MIAMI - The Overtown neighborhood is currently hosting a remarkable exhibition that breathes life into the powerful legacy of the civil rights movement. "Resonance," part of Soul Basel and Black Miami ...