Civil Rights

Civil Right Activist and Emmett Till's Relative Dies at 50

Airickca Gordon-Taylor spent her life educating others about Till's legacy

'I Was Not Going to Stand.' Rosa Parks Predecessors Recall Their History-Making Acts of Resistance

In rare interviews, Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith-Ware spoke to TI...

In rare interviews, Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith-Ware spoke to TIME about how their peaceful acts of defiance helped bring about a new stage of the civil rights movement

NBC News -- MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM 1968 -- Pictured: (l-r) NBC News' Nancy Dickerson and Mississippi SNCC March Coordinator Joyce Ladner during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963.

Joyce Ladner Used Her Stories to Raise Awareness of the Civil Rights Movement. Now, She’s Telling Them in a New Way

The story behind an interactive interview with Joyce Ladner

SNCC Chairman John Lewis speaks from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., 1963

'We Have to Redeem the Soul of America.' John Lewis on What’s Changed and What Hasn’t Since the March on Washington

John Lewis remembers the 1963 March on Washington, and what came after

Passengers under a sign that reads “Colored Waiting Room” at a bus station in Durham, N.C., in 1940

Nearly 6 Decades After the Civil Rights Act, Why Do Black Workers Still Have to Hustle to Get Ahead?

Here's why black Americans have to hustle more

Gregory Payton, 9, delivers a tribute to the Martin Luther King, Jr. speech known as I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968) at the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Festival in Oakland, Calif.

For Decades, an Annual Competition Has Challenged Students to Deliver Speeches Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. Here's Why It's Still Going Strong

An HBO documentary follows students preparing for the 40th annual Dr. Marti...

An HBO documentary follows students preparing for the 40th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Festival in Oakland, Calif.

In this Aug. 1, 1963, file photo, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington, poses in New York City.

California Governor Pardons Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin Over Gay Sex Conviction

"His conviction is part of a long and reprehensible history"