America was polarized during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Veterans from the movement say the racial backlash they feel today is reminiscent of the recoil they faced in 1968.

The White House will host more than two dozen descendants of civil rights icons and historical figures as they commemorate Black History Month, the White House exclusively confirmed with theGrio.

Lawson was an apostle of nonviolent protest — and close adviser to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights ...

As I woke on the day after Donald Trump's election back to the White House, I realized a painful truth—The country I love doesn't love me back. ... We live in an echo of the civil rights movement.

Hunter-Gault: “There would be no civil rights movement in America without the women who were the backbone of the struggle. They were taught that they were not in the leadership, and even then ...

In 1963, the civil rights movement coalesced around a technique for social change, nonviolent direct action. It elevated jobs and other economic issues to the summit, where earlier it had placed ...

As Detroit civil rights leaders in the 1960s deliberated how to harness white support for the movement, they struck upon an innovation that would strengthen the fight for civil rights across the U.S.