Martin Luther King Jr.

What haunted America was not the misty specter of revolution but the solidifying specter of reactionary backlash.

Racial justice energized the party in the past. It can today too.

From Mickey to Maus, tracing the evolution of the pictures, panels, and text that brought comic books to life.

How the National Civil Rights Museum has obscured the ongoing dispossession of African-Americans taking place in its shadow.

In 1968, the Fair Housing Act made it illegal to discriminate in housing. So why are neighborhoods still so segregated?

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led directly to hip-hop, an era that is often contrasted with his legacy.

A new history recovers the forgotten legacy and radical implications of the Kerner Commission.

After MLK's assassination, James Baldwin attempted to reconcile the divide between the civil rights movement and Black Power.

The March for Our Lives organizers are not an anomaly, but follow in a long tradition of youth activism in America.

The success of the 1963 March on Washington hinged on a confluence of factors that aren't yet present for demonstrators today.

Courageous Americans have been undermined by conspiracy theories for more than 150 years.

For decades, we’ve been replaying the same absurd partisan debate over whether to take high school activism seriously.

Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant legacy.

The February 1968 killing of three student protesters in Orangeburg, SC marked a turning point in the black freedom struggle.

Author Jesmyn Ward on the racism “built into the bones” of the state where she grew up and is choosing to raise her children.

SNCC staff photographer Danny Lyon recounts his experiences in the early days of the civil rights movement.

What motivated Viola Liuzzo to take up the cause of justice hundreds of miles from her home?

Looking at the reporter’s life through five houses in Baltimore.

The myth of the “dependent” poor.

City developers, RAND Corps dropouts, Latino activists—and Lena Horne, taking direct action against racism in Beverley Hills.