Apr 11 Watch Remembering civil rights history, when 'words meant everything' By PBS News Hour U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and Jeffrey Brown recently traveled from Mississippi to Alabama on a pilgrimage to witness the historical struggles and sorrows people faced during the civil rights movement. On their 100-mile journey, they examine the role of… Continue watching
Apr 11 Medgar Evers' wife revisits his legacy 50 years later By Anne Azzi Davenport During the annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage, Myrlie Evers-Williams spoke about how Medgar Evers was killed in front of the house where he died. Watch an excerpt of her speech in the video above. The 14th Congressional Civil… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Jerry Mitchell on the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch Mylie Evers at the annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Gwen's Take: The arc of history and the Civil Rights Act By Gwen Ifill From where I sit in Washington -- as midterm malaise sets in once again -- it’s breathtaking to look back on a time when so much got done. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Obama honors LBJ's legacy in pushing civil rights forward By Ellen Rolfes Continue watching
Apr 10 Obama pays tribute to Civil Rights Act at 50 By Josh Lederman, Associated Press HOUSTON -- Barack Obama was 2 years old when Lyndon Baines Johnson sat in the East Room of the White House with Martin Luther King Jr. and signed the Civil Rights Act, putting an end to an America where schools,… Continue reading
Apr 10 Rosa Parks' belongings, potentially worth millions, sit in NYC warehouse By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press NEW YORK -- At a time when interest in civil rights memorabilia is rekindled, a lifetime's worth of Rosa Parks' belongings - among them her Presidential Medal of Freedom - sits in a New York warehouse, unseen and unsold. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch Department of Education finds pattern of inequality by race in public schools By PBS News Hour Continue watching