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Understanding the civil rights movement as a labor and economic movement

When discussing the civil rights movement, many focus on its political and social implications. But we rarely hear about the economic ideals that drove the movement. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I ...
Los Angeles Times

Civil rights era changed how Black Americans see themselves

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred When Americans assess the legacy of the civil ...
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In 'Before the Movement,' historian Dylan C. Penningroth finds lost legacies

For many, the story of the Civil Rights Movement begins somewhere in the 1950s, when cases like Brown v. Board of Education reached the Supreme Court docket and forever changed the landscape for ...
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Hopewell protects historic civil rights landmark

An integral part of the heartbeat of the civil rights movement in central Virginia is now protected forever. At its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, Hopewell City Council voted unanimously to change the ...
Forbes

Tom Ricks: What The Civil Rights Movement Teaches Us About Strategy

A group of African American anti-segregation demonstrators run for safety as they are sprayed with high-pressure water from fire hoses during a civil rights march in Birmingham, Alabama. The Civil ...
Chronicle

Remembering the Civil Rights Movement

Danny Lyon was a student at the University of Chicago in the summer of 1962, when he photographed a sit-in on the campus. The sit-in was organized by current U.S. Senator and fellow University of ...

Remembering Tent City: The West TN movement that shaped voting rights

With election season upon us, it's important to remember the past. Two rural communities in West Tennessee drew national ...
NPR

Veterans of the civil rights movement of the 1960s see similarities today

America was polarized during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Veterans from the movement say the racial backlash they feel today is reminiscent of the recoil they faced in 1968. Many Americans ...
The Irish Times

The Provisional IRA’s campaign was never about civil rights

The argument about whether the Provisional IRA’s actions during The Troubles were either inevitable, or necessary is one that has been debated much over the decades. It will be debated even more in ...

$1,000 reward offered after civil rights marker vandalized at South Pine and Iowa

A historical marker honoring the history of the Civil Rights Movement on the East has been vandalized. A local activist ...
The Manila Times

National Civil Rights Museum Announces 35th Annual Freedom Award

Memphis, TN, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum will roll out the red carpet as it marks a milestone year. The 35th Freedom Award is on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at ...