The spiral group : defining African American art during the civil rights movement / Sharon Pruitt -- Jazz musicians in Europe : 1919 to 1945 / Larry Ross -- Black power, Chicago politics, and social ...

"Since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only-or even always the ...

All 30 Major League Baseball teams will again observe Jackie Robinson Day next Wednesday. Every player on every team will ...

Claudette Colvin's arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat led to the Supreme Court case that ended bus segregation, yet ...

A single event didn’t define the American civil rights movement; it was a sustained, courageous fight for equality that spanned decades. At the heart of this movement were peaceful demonstrations, ...

As the fight for civil rights continues to evolve, activists of today are raising questions about how far the nation has come since the era of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and where progress has stalled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1. This is American minister and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., going over plans for segregated bus boycotts with ...

The service of Black soldiers in wars such as World War II significantly influenced the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring demands for equality within the military and throughout the United States. Sign ...

Forty family members and friends gathered at Beaverdale Memorial Park Friday to lay to rest the cremains of Winston Henry Lockett -- a Hillhouse High School graduate, labor organizer, and civil rights ...

1.This is American minister and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., going over plans for segregated bus boycotts with advisors and organizers. Sitting in front of him are Rosa Parks and ...