Apr 10 Watch How the Civil Rights Act pioneered anti-discrimination laws in America By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Beyond ‘Black Power,’ recounting the under-told story of Stokely Carmichael By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 28 To everything there is a season: Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94 By Victoria Fleischer Pete Seeger, the legendary folk musician who helped spearhead the American folk revival, died Monday night in New York City at the age of 94 from natural causes. Across more than seven decades, he inspired scores of singer-songwriters, activists and… Continue reading
Jan 20 Lost speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. surfaces in New York By Stephen Fee In November 2013, an intern at the New York State Museum in Albany, N.Y., uncovered the only known recording of a speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sept. 12, 1962, at the Park Sheraton Hotel in New… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Can America Fulfill the Demands Made by Those Who Marched on Washington? Can America Fulfill the Demands Made by Those Who Marched on Washington?… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Fifty Years Later, What Challenges Remain in the Way of a ‘Dream’ Democracy? Fifty Years Later, What Challenges Remain in the Way of a 'Dream' Democracy?… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch ‘I Felt That We Had to Be Tough’: John Lewis Remembers the March on Washington 'I Felt We Had to Be Tough': Rep. John Lewis Remembers the March on Washington… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Prominent Historian, Civil Rights Activist Franklin Dies at 94 John Hope Franklin, a revered Duke University historian and scholar of the African-American experience, died Wednesday at age 94. In this 2006 interview with Gwen Ifill, Franklin reflects on his life's work. Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch New Exhibit Focuses on Civil Rights Movement Images Jeffrey Brown takes a look at a new exhibit exploring the Civil Rights movement through photographs, including some that have never been seen before, and finds the stories behind the powerful images. Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Newsman Roger Mudd Reflects on ‘Glory Days of Television News’ In his new book, "The Place to Be", veteran television news journalist and former NewsHour correspondent Roger Mudd describes more than 20 years working in the Washington bureau of CBS News and assesses the future of the television news business. Continue watching