Johnson was a key figure in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, frequently arrested for his activism. He organized protests against ...
The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a ...
The 1965 Selma marches would later be known as “Bloody Sunday,” citing the violent attacks against civil rights protests, which were all captured on live television. We know the leaders of the ...
Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...
Tearing down DEI is not the answer. The better approach, as Bill Clinton once said of affirmative action, is to “mend it, not ...
Early voting in Evanston begins Monday, March 2, at the Robert Crown Center, 1810 Main St. The location is convenient, but for many the road to the voting ...
Civil rights leader J.T. Johnson didn't know he had dyslexia. Now with the help of an AI program, he's looking forward to reading the Bible on his own ...
The office of the American Vice President was once famously described by John Adams, the first in the nation’s history, ...
How a few driven Black people changed the world ...
Stroke of a Pen by Kimar Cain centers the activism that compelled President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
At 11, she was one of the youngest at the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march in Selma, Ala., and was injured while ...