65 Years Later: 10 Fascinating Facts About the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 is remembered as the earliest mass civil rights protest in American history.
The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 is remembered as the earliest mass civil rights protest in American history.
Thanksgiving isn’t the only major November holiday—here’s how Native American Heritage Month first came to be.
‘The Fighting Shirley Chisholm’ will chronicle the trailblazing politician’s presidential campaign of 1972.
From her groundbreaking essays to Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Color Purple,' Alice Walker's work explores Black American experiences.
Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle but spent much of his childhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his grandparents lived in Hogan's Alley—a historical Black neighborhood that was lost to time and urban renewal.
The designer of the infamously persistent Duolingo owl will also be on hand to answer questions about his creation.
States are changing their vote-by-mail rules for this year’s general election. Here's what you need to know.
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was once in charge of propaganda films for his country, and he decided to recruit some A-list talent the easy way: by abducting them.
At the Citadel Museum in Germany, monuments to oppressive figures and regimes are displayed in a different context than what was originally intended.
From ‘Hidden Figure’ Katherine Johnson to female Nobel Laureates you may not have heard of, Nina Chhita's Instagram is giving us some important history lessons.
Topics include global immigration, race in U.S. history, justice and human rights, genocide and mass violence, and more.
Marsha P. Johnson was present at the Stonewall Riots of 1969, but that’s just part of her very important legacy.
You already know Harriet Tubman—here are nine other heroes who smuggled fugitives to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
“Perhaps I don’t want to become like Ronald Reagan or like the president of General Motors... Perhaps I don’t want what you think I want.”
Your submission could be a poem, a piece of original music, a video taken at a protest, or just about anything else.
With a multifaceted career that lasted more than 70 years, Lena Horne is many things to many people: a talented singer, one of the most famous actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age, and a tireless champion of civil rights.
Nashville became the first city in America to desegregate its lunch counters, and it might not have happened without the legendary activism of the late John Lewis.
Marian Anderson’s singing was unparalleled—and her work to promote civil rights was just as important.
A monument in Washington D.C. depicts Abraham Lincoln standing tall beside a crouching Black man—here’s what Frederick Douglass had to say about it.
Police officers were horrified when they saw teenagers exhibiting “highly suggestive, stimulating, and tantalizing motions” at a rock ‘n’ roll concert. But how much of a role did race play in their outrage?
Selections from the reading list include Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Sulwe’ and Tomi Adeyemi’s ‘Children of Blood and Bone.’
Mary W. Jackson, NASA’s first Black female engineer, was an unsung hero of the Space Race in the 1960s.
The letters shed light on how leading abolitionists were protesting slavery during the Civil War era.
This year marks the first time Juneteenth—the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.—will appear in Google Calendar.