A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

Cobb used the Civil Rights Movement as a framework to discuss collective action under the Trump administration.

Bernard LaFayette, a key strategist in the Civil Rights Movement who laid the groundwork for the historic Selma voting rights campaign that helped lead to the passage of the ...

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a strategist in the Southern voting rights movement.

The award-winning journalist and historian delivered the University’s 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, applying historical lessons to present-day challenges and celebrating the power of ordinary ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated lunch counters in 1960.

Hosea Williams grew up in Attapulgus before marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and becoming a frontline figure in the civil rights movement.

John Lewis– but how well do you know the story behind the 26-year-old martyr whose death sparked Bloody Sunday? On this ...

At Operation PUSH on Chicago’s South Side, the work of civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. reached millions of viewers through television broadcasts, rallies, and marches. But behind the ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated ...