So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

The musician's statement came after the National Action Network (NAN), a civil rights organization ... which has a significant African American population. Riddle's comments were particularly ...

In addition to featuring the history of slavery, Reconstruction and Civil Rights, the permanent collection includes an exhibit of African American music from the arrival of the first Africans to ...

a karaoke-style installation where children can sing freedom songs along with a video of civil-rights activist Fannie Lou ...

(1991). African Americans & the Quest for Civil Rights, 1900-1990. New York: New York University Press. Collier-Thomas, Bettye, and Franklin, V.P. (Eds.). (2001). Sisters in the Struggle: African ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement ... he became the first African-American to receive ...