Here she explains the importance of music in the Civil Rights Movement. One of the first things that's important when you think about freedom songs and the Civil Rights Movement is to not actually ...

To mark Soul Music's exploration of Songs of the Civil Rights Movement and Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come, BBC 6 Music's Craig Charles picks ten of his favourite pivotal protest songs.

"Her music was deepened by her connection ... "She had a lifelong, unwavering commitment to civil rights and was one of the strongest supporters of the movement. "She was our sister and our ...

The Disability Rights Movement, organized in the 1970s, has been similar to other movements in important ways. Attitudes ...

Morris had an expansive vision of freedom that went beyond his antislavery work. Like the activists leading the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, Morris’s activism was multifaceted.

ATLANTA - Tributes continue to pour in for legendary producer and composer Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday night. In Atlanta, Jones is not only being remembered for his contributions in music, ...

The 1954 Brown v Topeka case was an important turning point in the civil rights movement, as it showed that the Supreme Court was prepared to take action to end segregation in the USA. In 1865 ...

Guest author Crystal Cheatham explains why a Facebook executive has no business speaking before some of the nation's most anti-gay activists. Molly Criner Compares Her Fight Against Same-Sex Marriage ...

An avid advocate of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1960s, Jenkins’ lyricism and musicality was uplifting ... Mister ...

After the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in anticipation of the passing of the Voter Rights Act in 1965, the focus of the Civil Rights movement started to shift from resisting the ...

A former West Virginia correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail The Latest As ...