As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

Medgar Evers' death became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement, sparking nationwide protests and pushing civil rights to the frontline of the world.

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated ... the events of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement from World War II through 1975.

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

The Greensboro sit-in provided a template for nonviolent resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until 1964 for the Civil Rights Act to make ...

JACKSON, Miss. — For the second consecutive time ... before moving to interactive exhibits that chronicle the events of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement from World War II through 1975. The museum ...