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 ...

Did the civil rights movement impact the development of the American state? Despite extensive accounts of civil rights mobilization and narratives of state building, there has been surprisingly little ...

Literary body defends award for father of Ta-Nehisi Coates after accusations of publishing antisemitic work - National Book ...

In the Black Power era, he was seen as a rebel artist, the "Malcolm X of literature ... and held office during the years when the civil rights movement achieved its first milestones.

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit, surrounded from childhood by the now-famous faces of the civil rights movement. Her songs would become their anthems. Her Baptist minister father was the ...

A view common among scholars, activists and the general public holds that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because violent attacks against peaceful Black protesters mobilized white public opinion ...

Remember, learning to spell Mississippi? Over the last few years as I have been reading, studying and writing about the work of William Faulkner and other southern writers, I have ...

The women of the movement were the backbone of the marches and protests. Some of the most brilliant and creative minds were ...

This weekend, thousands gathered… Civil rights leaders seek energy of original movement at March on Washington’s 60th anniversary Saturday, civil rights leaders and their allies mark 60 years ...