Washington, a 2003 graduate of Pottsgrove High School, is the author of “The Jim Crow North, The Struggle for Civil Rights in Pottstown Pennsylvania. ...

In his new book entitled “The Jim Crow North: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Pottstown, Pennsylvania” (2024, University Press of Kentucky), Pottstown native Matthew G. Washington, PhD ...

Chad Williams: You cannot talk about the struggle for civil rights in American history without acknowledging the Niagara Movement. Even though it lasted only a few short years, ...

These voter suppression efforts ramped up in the 1950s and 1960s, even as the struggle for civil rights heated up. This poll tax reminder from Amarilo, Texas, is on display at the Smithsonian.

In the latest installment of Reply Al, Rev. Sharpton responded to a viewer, explaining how discrimination must be fought no matter what form it comes in.

The civil rights movement is often framed around larger-than-life figures and landmark victories. Yet behind the marches and courtroom battles, countless Black fathers stood tall as anchors of ...

Earlier this week, we marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. It’s worth noting, however, that the signing didn’t make the legislation’s opponents fade away. On ...

MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well “King understood that the struggle for equality is expansive and all-inclusive.” ...

With respect to the civil rights struggle, those lionized as heroes are frequently giants such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or Medgar Evers, who both died for their cause, or men like James ...

They are part of a small, vanishing group who lived at the epicenter of the struggle for voting rights six decades ago, an era driven by segregation, violence and the yearning for equality that ...

U.S. civil rights leader Malcolm X said the Palestinian struggle is “not just a cry for justice. It’s a blistering battle for the most fundamental human rights that every living soul on this ...