Rosa Parks

Communists fighting the color line. Baseball players resisting owners. Baseball's untold history of struggles against racial injustice and labor exploitation.

Politics have diluted King's dream.

What turned Smedley Butler into a critic of American foreign policy?

King recalled: “I liked his voice, though I had no idea he was getting ready to conquer the world.”

Colvin, 82, is headed to court in Montgomery, Ala., to petition for her record to be cleared.

In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back.

Lessons about organizing from the SNCC co-founder.

The oval office looks different now that President Biden is its occupant.

We don't know which images will become emblematic of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, but past movements have shown the dangers of a singular narrative.

The media must make the long years of organizing as visible as the eruptions and uprisings.

“Whenever there’s a tragedy in black America, there’s always been an uptick of black history courses."

History bleeds in Montgomery, Alabama.

History haunts, but Alabama changes.

What gets lost when it’s only the rebel girls who get lionized?

The lesser-known beginning of the desegregation of public transportation.

How the National Civil Rights Museum has obscured the ongoing dispossession of African-Americans taking place in its shadow.

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led directly to hip-hop, an era that is often contrasted with his legacy.

The canonical image of Martin Luther King Jr. neglects many of his most important intellectual, ethical, and political critiques.

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

Jo Ann Robinson is unfortunately overlooked by history.