The National Center for Civil and Human Rights saw its doors reopen on Saturday after a $57.9 million expansion added 24,000 square feet of new space, including several galleries, classrooms and ...

Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they lost, and why we should still have hope.

Humanities Nebraska will present an exclusive virtual Chautauqua July 30-31 with themes relating the 1950s to today as part of prelude activities for “The Fifties in Focus” Nebraska Chautauqua that ...

The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) wasn’t just another chapter in American history — it was a fight for dignity, equality, and the very soul of the nation. Through the lens of photographers who ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected to turn out across the country this week to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to honor the legacy of one of the nation's most enduring ...

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott. A new opera which premiered this week in Chicago highlights the lesser-known women who ...