Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of ...

Among the thousands who fought for voting rights during the 1960s civil rights movement was Capitola resident Maria Gitin, ...

A historic Black community that grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s is among the communities wiped away by ...

Kennedy called for a meaningful civil rights bill in 1963. His efforts were filibustered in the Senate. After Kennedy's assassination that year, his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, signed it into law on July 2, 1964. It achieved many of the aims of a Reconstruction-era law, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which was passed but soon overturned.

For Lyndon Johnson’s 200 million countrymen ... Hope & Anger. In the area of civil rights, Johnson fell victim to his earlier successes. It was a classic case of anticipation outpacing achievement.

His wife and children survived. His death sparked conversations about voting and civil rights across the nation. Then President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the family condolences while the FBI investig ...

In Lyndon Johnson’s eventful presidency ... alternative to such controversial compromises as the 1957 and 1960 civil rights bills, which, as majority leader, he forcefully shepherded along ...

The holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of every January, in accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which was signed into law by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.

King would go on to become one of the most prominent figures in the Civil Rights movement ... which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968. King was born Jan. 15, 1929.