The Civil Rights era is no longer the central reference point for how many young Americans understand race, justice and power — a generational shift reshaping politics, education and activism in the U ...

For 40 years, Martin Luther King Day has been a federal holiday. But with his legacy and landmarks of the civil rights era no longer set in stone, we thought it might be a good time to look back at ...

In the nearly six decades since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights movement has reinvented itself time and again, moving from a fight to eliminate Jim Crow to more contested ...

Many of the names are familiar. Johnnie Carr, Claudette Colvin, E.D. Nixon. They’re sprinkled through Alabama history, legal history, Black history and American history for their roles in the ...

The CBS television show “It’s What’s Happening Baby” aired a music video featuring Martha and the Vandellas performing their hit song “Nowhere to Run” to kick off its national broadcast dedicated to ...