Martin Luther King Jr.

Rustin’s assessment of the lay of the political land was predicated on a no-nonsense understanding of the radicalism of the moment.

A look at socialism’s far-reaching influence on American thought.

The FBI’s first director built the agency around some of his own worst instincts.

A new book argues that the American right emerged out of a backlash to multiracial democracy following the Civil War.

The author of a new biography explains how liberals played an important role in enabling Hoover’s antidemocratic crusade.

How Americans lost faith in the possibility of self-government.

The FBI’s successful campaign against white supremacists is also a cautionary tale.

Considering the lessons and history of Crockett Johnson’s classic.

The late socialist writer's first book was a deep exploration of how the US labor movement became so weakened.

Charles Sherrod wasn’t a big name, but his life has a lot to tell us about the civil rights movement.

The common picture we get of the US South is one of resolute conservatism. But the region has a radical history, too.

By age 44, most people are figuring out how to live and die peacefully. That was certainly not the case with sharecropper and hero Fannie Lou Hamer.

The huge, declassified document includes death threats, red scare performances, and extensive investigation into her Yahoo! Groups fan site.

We will never truly achieve racial justice until we, collectively, learn how to treat and heal the wound of white supremacy.

Three veterans of the civil rights movement fought segregation in St. Augustine, Fla., enduring violence and racism in America’s oldest city.

It’s popularly remembered as a moderate demonstration. In fact, it was the culmination of a mass, working-class movement against racial and economic injustice.

The beginning of the fight for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

At the same time that MLK was using TV to brand Southern sheriffs as obstacles to progress, a Southern sheriff was one of the medium's most beloved characters.

Five months before his assassination in 1978, Harvey Milk called on the president of the United States to defend the rights of gay and lesbian Americans.

Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda."