Discover the remarkable life of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and co-founder of CORE and SCLC. His contributions to ...

A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a ...

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

A host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his ...

[New York Times] 4. It saved the civil rights movement Focusing on the March on Washington's "tangible accomplishments" misses "the most important consequence of the march," says Michael Wenger at ...

who took part in the civil rights movement. "Many people say, you know, it's too cold for things of nature. But when I look at how that they march, many the loss of lives beaten with Billy clubs ...

Protests are planned in Washington and at state capitols around the U.S. on Wednesday, in opposition to the early actions of ...

Sometimes, dignity can come with something as simple as a name tag. In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car ...

The president’s baseless claim that diversity programs are to blame for a deadly plane crash follows conservatives’ growing ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

Live updates on the collision between a plane and a helicopter near Washington ... mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over ...

Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images On ... nonviolent resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until 1964 for the Civil Rights ...