OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. Editor’s note: The following article is an op ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964—60 years ago this summer. America’s paperwork finally matched its ideals: Discrimination based on race, color, ...
As part of our on-going power series, we explore the most impactful Civil Rights activists in American history, from Fannie Lou Hammer to Fred Hampton. Men and women as young as mere college students ...
This month, America honors Black history. Unfortunately, our nation’s schoolchildren aren’t being taught much about the subject. A recent UCLA study found that more than half of states have taken ...
An assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination. Credit...Illustration by Vartika Sharma Supported by By Nikole Hannah-Jones Last year, a little-known office in ...
Two men watch as some 2,000 desegregation marchers pass on their way to the Houston School District Administration building in downtown Houston on May 10, 1965. On this date 60 years ago, President ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Federal cuts to cultural institutions across the nation have prompted Quad-Cities organizations to strengthen their efforts to preserve civil rights history. In January 2010, ...
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