Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest book preaches political fatalism. But black activism has always believed in the possibility of change.

That the 500th anniversary of Luther’s act has been noted without éclat may be something to celebrate.

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.

Years after he integrated the MLB, Robinson publicly badgered John F. Kennedy on civil rights.

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.