A s Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or minimized in favor of male figures. From organizing boycotts to ...

"She Who Dared" spotlights the women who challenged segregation in ... which is a core principle of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Did you anticipate that she who dared would be so relevant today?

A group of women sewing a quilt on the porch of a property ... Established by Congress, the EEOC was made to uphold civil rights laws against discrimination in the workplace based on various ...

In the aura of all the achievements the march represented, a group of Black women held a meeting called “After the March, What?” Dorothy Height, already a legend of the Civil Rights Movement ...

Following in her footsteps were the women who made a difference in our city by taking the lead during the Civil Rights Movement. Topping that list is Maxine Smith, who was a brilliant and gutsy ...

These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

women, LGBTQIA folk." "I grew up in the wake of the civil rights movement where we celebrated all the heroes in the progress and the gains, and knowing that there's still so much work that needs ...