After the American Civil War, many southern states retained racist rules and systems. The 1896 Supreme Court ruling allowing segregation was not successfully challenged until 1954. The fight for ...

Addressing Inequities Today The modern civil rights movement is working to address the less visible but very important inequities in our society. Opportunity in America should mean everyone has a ...

Through mentorship, education and example, they help ensure continuity in the civil rights movement while adapting to contemporary challenges. Modern civil rights leaders face unique challenges ...

Morris had an expansive vision of freedom that went beyond his antislavery work. Like the activists leading the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, Morris’s activism was multifaceted.

His death helped mobilize the civil rights movement. A new telling of the story of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi—carried out by the Klan and ...