While an early school trip might have increased Austin's awareness of Dr. King's legacy, it wasn't the only thing that sparked the young receiver's interest in learning more. He was always captivated ...
Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...
Steph Solis/Axios Bostonians have a chance to see Frederick Douglass up close and ask him questions for the first time in more than a century. It's not the real-life abolitionist back from the dead, ...
The history of the month dates back almost a century, and the way it is celebrated and evolved has created history in itself.
By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent acts of civil disobedience ...
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