Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks!
American civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She made her mark in history in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, when she refused to …..
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Black History: Odetta
In honor of Black History Month, we’ve added another activist-entertainer to our files: Odetta, the folk singer who came to fame in the 1960s for her powerful voice in protest songs.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Controversy
Martin Luther King, Jr. still stirs controversy, four decades after his murder. This time it’s about a national monument.
Emmett Till Would Be Just 70 Years Old Now
Emmett Till, the black 14-year-old whose murder helped spark the Civil Rights revolution of 1955, was born on this day in Chicago in 1941. He’s been dead for 56 years, yet he’d be just 70 years old today.
Happy 100th Birthday to the ‘Happy Warrior’
Hubert H. Humphrey was born 100 years ago today.
The Price Paid by Freedom Riders
The remarkable story of James Zwerg, beaten in Alabama in 1961 for riding a desegregated bus.
Rosa Parks, Happy 98th Birthday!
Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the White House’s Awkward Embrace
Here’s a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., one said to be the last before he was killed: