It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...

from Lauryn Hill's "Black Rage," to Kendrick Lamar's "Alright," a hip-hop song that emerged as a popular choice for people ...

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

Earlier civil rights legislation was cautiously and narrowly drawn, designed primarily to anticipate and avoid Negro protest. It had a double and contradictory objective: to limit change ...

On Thursday night, the National Parks Service, acting on orders from the White House, erased any mention of “transgender” and “queer” people from the official website for the Stonewall National ...

The Washington Post described the protests as a "joint effort among civil rights, racial and social ... This level of professionalism is not new in modern protests, but rarely are the details ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Music clearly played a starring role in the civil rights movement ... popular choice for people marching for their rights at Black Lives Matter protests. Here's a look at 25 of the most enduring ...

Music clearly played a starring role in the civil rights movement ... popular choice for people marching for their rights at Black Lives Matter protests. Here's a look at 25 of the most enduring ...