Civil Rights Movement

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls

The little-known publisher who tutored Hubert Humphrey about racism

Cecil Newman’s work with the Minnesota politician helped convince Democrats to finally embrace civil rights

Harry Belafonte embodied mid-century Black uplift

As a ‘race man’ he put his time, money and even life on the line

The contradictions of Atlanta sports and ‘Cop City’

Even in the African American mecca, we ignore the reality of death and destruction for the illusion of reform

On MLK Day, Malcolm Brogdon has a personal civil rights leader to look up to

The Boston Celtics guard’s grandfather, John Hurst Adams, was ‘a pioneer in many ways,’ as a bishop, an outspoken activist and a college president

Jerry Jones was not innocent, then or now

The photo of the Dallas Cowboys owner at a desegregation protest in 1957 is a reminder that even teenagers can be complicit in racism

The night a veiled threat encouraged a white mob to leave a Black church alone

In new book, a pioneering civil rights organizer recalls his days in the movement

A reimagined ‘Wonder Years’ moves to Montgomery

The beloved ’80s show gets a reboot with an all-Black cast set in Alabama