As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing is set to host a civil rights movement presentation this weekend. The public is invited to attend the event on ...

Historians describe the debate over extending civil rights to former slaves that divided the country after the Civil War. The same issues would re-emerge decades later, in the civil rights ...

A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection, currently featuring a selection of our award-winning films from Stanley Nelson (Firelight), documenting pivotal moments in the 20th century civil rights ...