Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King Jr. Key Figures LGBTQ+ History Voting Rights Movement Voting Rights Act African American History March on Washington Activism Segregation Voting Rights Act of 1965

Rosa Parks 70th Anniversary Marked With Free Museum Access and Weeklong Montgomery Events

Organizers use the milestone to refocus attention on Parks’ lifetime of activism through education-centered tributes.

Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Formerly H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82 in Federal Custody

Bill and Hillary Clinton Visit Jesse Jackson at Chicago Hospital

Schools Nationwide Mark 65 Years Since Ruby Bridges’ Walk With Student-Led Commemorations

National Urban League Opens Harlem Empowerment Center as New 17-Story Headquarters

Supreme Court Rehears Louisiana Voting Rights Case on Race as Proxy in Redistricting

Oklahoma City Dedicates Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza at Historic Katz Site

Supreme Court Rehears Louisiana Voting Case Testing the Future of Section 2

Supreme Court Rehears Louisiana Redistricting Case Testing Race and the Voting Rights Act

Atlanta Man Arrested After Damage to MLK Center Eternal Flame and Reflecting Pool

EJI Opens Phase One of Elevation Convening Center and Hotel in Downtown Montgomery

Stonewall Veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Returns Home to Hospice Care

Assata Shakur Dies in Havana at 78, Cuba Confirms

Assata Shakur Dies in Cuban Exile at 78, Cuba Cites Health and Age

Cuba Confirms Death of Assata Shakur at 78 in Havana

Assata Shakur Dies in Havana at 78 After Decades as U.S. Fugitive

Cuba Confirms Death of Assata Shakur in Havana

Dolores Huerta Returns to Delta College, Urges Students to Vote and Organize

Federal Judge Strikes Down Jefferson County Commission Map for Racial Gerrymandering

Birmingham Marks 62nd Anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing