As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

Andrew Young is a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a two-term mayor of Atlanta. The nation last saw him as he delivered a heartfelt ...

"The Exchange in White America" tells the story of high school students who swapped lives. Black students from Rufus King High School and white students from Kaukauna High School traded places in 1966 ...

This weekend, thousands gathered… Civil rights leaders seek energy of original movement at March on Washington’s 60th anniversary Saturday, civil rights leaders and their allies mark 60 years ...

Sixty-five years ago, a group of courageous young African American students in Tampa embarked on a journey that would forever change the city. Their peaceful sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth lunch ...

Feb. 21, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Learn about jazz virtuoso and screen superstar Hazel Scott, the first Black American to have their own television show. An early civil rights pioneer, ...

The sales arm of American public broadcaster PBS will present a first look at the series at its screening on Wednesday, ...

ultimately leading him to capture the vibrant Black culture in San Francisco’s historic Fillmore District and document key moments in the Civil Rights Movement through his photography.

As a young girl, Gina Belafonte used to put her ear up against a door in her home so she could hear her father and his friends discuss important matters. Issues like civil rights, protests and racism.

Singer Jerry 'The Iceman' Butler has died at the age of 85 from natural causes after suffering from Parkinson's disease. The American soul singer-songwriter was at his home in Chicago when he died on ...