civil rights - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers | Mental Floss

Black Americans Can Now Trace Their Family Tree With the Help of Millions of Digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records

A depiction of the office of the Freedmen's Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee.

Black Americans Can Now Trace Their Family Tree With the Help of Millions of Digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records

Josephine Baker Will Be the First Black Woman Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

Josephine Baker in Hamburg in 1925.

Josephine Baker Will Be the First Black Woman Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

Chicago Just Unveiled a Monument for Journalist Ida B. Wells—the City's First Honoring a Black Woman

Activist Ida B. Wells now has a monument in her honor.

Chicago Just Unveiled a Monument for Journalist Ida B. Wells—the City's First Honoring a Black Woman

Meet Opal Lee—the 94-Year-Old Activist Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

People walk by the National Museum of African American History and Culture during a 2020 Juneteenth march in Washington, D.C.

Meet Opal Lee—the 94-Year-Old Activist Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

Why Was June Chosen As LGBTQ Pride Month?

You know when it is—here's why.

How Marcus Garvey Bean Salad Became a Traditional Juneteenth Dish

Marcus Garvey.

Medgar Evers’s Mississippi Home Is a National Monument

Milt T, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

5 Facts About the Tulsa Race Massacre

Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Archaeologists Have Located the Site of Harriet Tubman’s Family Home in Maryland

A photograph of Harriet Tubman taken by Harvey B. Lindsley in the 1870s.

Which Trailblazing Women Should Be Featured on Quarters? The U.S. Mint Wants Your Suggestions

Which historical women deserve a tiny, metallic likeness?

10 Facts About Beulah Mae Donald, the Woman Who Took Down the KKK

Beulah Mae Donald in The People v. The Klan (2021).

11 Courageous Facts About the Freedom Riders

Mug shots of some of the Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, are on display at the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

5 Ways to Support the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Kanawa_Studio/iStock via Getty Images

Common Misconceptions About the Civil War

Hancock at Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup, 1887.

Doris Miller, the Naval Cook Who Became a Hero of Pearl Harbor

Doris Miller saved a number of lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Experience the Past With This Subscription Service That Delivers Replicas of Historical Documents Every Month

History by Mail