The historic law that promoted equality for all Americans. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on; President's ...

Nearly 70 years after Strom Thurmond filibustered against Black civil rights, Booker’s marathon speech called out threats to democracy and the harm of Trump-era policies.

In the late 1950s, the foundations had been laid for progress in black civil rights. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was particularly important because: The everyday experience of black Americans did ...