Aug 25 Unveiling the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial By Tom LeGro The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was scheduled to be dedicated on Aug. 28 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but Hurricane Irene has delayed the ceremonies. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 'Freedom Riders' Film Revisits Those Who Risked Lives for Civil Rights 'Freedom Riders' Reenacts Historic Bus Trip Across South… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Student Freedom Riders Discuss Civil Rights Movement Student Freedom Riders discuss the nonviolent protest movement of 50 years ago. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Freedom Riders Discuss 50th Anniversary of Protest Movement Two original Freedom Riders discuss the 50th anniversary of the rides. Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Poet C.D. Wright Reads From 'One With Others' Poet C.D. Wright reads from her book "One With Others."… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Students Remember King's 'I Have a Dream' Speech In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., fourth graders gathered on the Lincoln Memorial's steps to commemorate his famous speech in 1963 and the nation's civil rights movement. Continue watching
Sep 15 FBI File Provides Key to Revealing Civil Rights Photographer's Spying This week, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that celebrated civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers had been a paid informant for the FBI, reporting on the whereabouts and activities of the movement's leaders -- many of whom considered him a… Continue reading
May 10 Lena Horne Dies at Age 92 By Tom LeGro Groundbreaking singer, performer and film star Lena Horne died Sunday night in New York at the age of 92. Horne, the first African American to sign a long-term contract with a major film studio, broke down racial barriers, most memorably… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Civil Rights Luminary Dorothy Height Dies at 98 Gwen Ifill remembers civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy Height, who was a leader in both the African-American and women's rights movements. She died Tuesday at age 98. Continue watching
Mar 16 Charles Moore's Photographs Helped Spur Fight Against Racial Injustice By Arts Desk Charles Moore, a photographer whose images helped to enlighten the nation to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s, died at the age of 79. According to his daughter, he died from natural causes in Palm Beach Gardens,… Continue reading