The Godmother of Rock and Roll
The remarkable story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a forgotten founder of rock and roll.
The remarkable story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a forgotten founder of rock and roll.
Claude Brown testifies about the urban crisis in 1960s America.
The performer’s transformation from jazz to politics during the Civil Rights Era
CORE’s Freedom Rides solidified its centrality to desegregation efforts during the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement owes much to the students who boldly sat down at segregated lunch counters
Black children played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement
An Easter Sermon with Dr. Benjamin E. Mays at South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
The tumultuous days of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Jesse Jackson and the radicalism of 1980s Black presidential politics
The keynote address Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave at Fisk University in 1964 drew crowds from all over the city, including some of the great Civil Rights icons in American history
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