On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...

From live battle reenactments to walking in the footsteps of troops and visiting historical markers, these destinations offer ...

Harvard is "in violent violation" of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the federal government’s Task Force to Combat ...

On Tuesday, more than 500 workers and allies will join a culminating rally at Lafayette Park in New Orleans to demand an end ...

Known for its musical legacy and rich cultural heritage, this city offers great grub, historic landmarks, and a deeply moving ...

American Baptist College, a 101-year-old Nashville college, is most well-known for its students in the 1960s who became leaders in Civil Rights Movement. Forrest Harris, Sr., set to retire as ...

The International Civil Rights Center in Museum in Greensboro donated portions of the lunch counter to two Smithsonian museums.

A plaque unveiled formally acknowledges Baltimore as the first American city to organize a peaceful, non-violent civil rights sit-in, occurring five years before the more widely organized protest ...

It has been 70 years since Baltimore made history with the first peaceful sit-in against segregation. It happened in 1955 at Read's Drug Store. In January 1955, a group of Morgan State University ...

The right to be served hasn't always been a right for all Americans. Sixty-four years ago, a teacher and 70 others protested for their civil rights in the Anna Maude Cafeteria.

Image taken during lunch counter sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth department store in Tampa in 1960 (photo courtesy: USF Tampa Library/City of Tampa Communications) Listen: Sixty-five years ago, a group ...