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 ...

Rev. James Lawson Jr., who died in 2024 at 95, is sometimes overlooked as a key deputy in the non-violent movement that transformed American civil rights.

President Biden repeated a claim Monday that he was "very engaged" in the civil rights movement during the 1960s — a story that has changed as the president has told it over the years. Biden said that ...

Explore 1950s America: TV's rise, Cold War tensions, McCarthyism, the Space Race, and the Civil Rights Movement's beginnings, including landmark desegregation rulings. Heroic survivor 'riddled with ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Two water fountains stood side-by-side. One was a modern machine capable of delivering cool water. The other, nothing more than a sink with a water fountain attached to deliver tap ...

Tom Ricks is one of the most distinguished war correspondents of our time. He covered the war in Iraq, among other conflicts, and has written many books. Now he has turned his experience to the ...

OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. Editor’s note: The following article is an op ...

Many Americans feel they've never seen their country as divided as it is today. But some with longer memories recall the 1960s. The Vietnam War is widely seen today as a mistake. But opinions back ...