Americans saw the heroes of the civil rights movement on the national news ... of Illinois explored the reasons behind the Detroit riots of 1967. The commission presented a report in February ...

The Stonewall riots were both a spontaneous outburst ... left open for those determined to achieve the goals of the civil rights movement and bring about meaningful social reform.

Stonewall outside of New York City was news, but it was not page one with a banner headline. Like many seminal events, the moment — in the moment — was not universally seen as momentous. That ...

But the demands of the civil rights movement went far beyond affirmative ... to understand the cause of the riots that had shaken American cities and to suggest policies that would prevent such ...

The American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) refers to reform movements in the ... 1963 The Birmingham Campaign, 1963-1964 Race Riots, 1963-1970 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964 Martin ...

Most Americans support teaching a thorough history of the civil rights movement and appreciate the ... event experienced pushback or encountered riots and violence. Many surveyed were unable ...

The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising ... It happened against a backdrop of a wider civil rights movement, and was a galvanising force for LGBT political activism.

Well, maybe I should say some Fox viewers. As Black History Month comes to an end, I’ve been traveling across America -- from Seattle to St. Louis, from Chicago to Philadelphia – to promote my ...

When people talk about the Civil Rights Movement, they look at the South ... From 1963 to 1972, there were 750 race riots in the country, but the notion of non-violence really took hold in ...

the civil rights movement, as well as the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The latest documents were requested by Democratic U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro and Jimmy Gomez on CIA's ...