Civil Rights Movement

Hope Amid Despair in One Black Suburb

By Alexandra Genova

When Hair Becomes a Site of Resistance

By Alexandra Genova

Review: I Am Not Your Negro Shows How Far We Only Think We've Come

By Stephanie Zacharek

MLK, Civil Rights and The Fierce Urgency of Now

By Georgia Keohane / New America
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The Return of the Protest Song

Young musicians are finding their role in this modern civil rights movement through the protest song tradition

By Salamishah Tillet / New America January 18, 2015

Selma Cast Will March in Alabama to Celebrate MLK Day

Director Ava DuVernay and stars Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo will be there too

By Charlotte Alter January 16, 2015

The Link Between The Civil Rights Movement and Ferguson

International criticism during the Civil Rights Movement helped bring about new legislation

By Justin Worland December 12, 2014

It's Now Up to Whites to Dismantle Racism

Black people have done everything we can do. Righting these wrongs rests on the shoulders of white people who get it

By Stephanye Watts December 8, 2014
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