On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...

It’s no secret that Mississippi was one of the scariest places to live as a black person at the height of the Civil Rights Movement ... queen of protest music, and “Oh Freedom” is one ...

Buying a house does not give you the right to tell the story of the people who lived there,” said the grandson of Oretha Castle Haley.

The civil rights movement brought a swift, often violent response from white segregationists willing to beat, threaten, and kill. By one count during Mississippi Freedom Summer there were 80 civil ...

The government eventually settled a civil rights lawsuit stemming ... a major role in the student wing of the freedom movement. National Welfare Rights Organization The National Welfare Rights ...

The National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award recognizes individuals who have made "significant contributions" within the civil rights movement. It starts with a pre-award gala at 5:30 p.m. The ...

In interviews with Morgan, the three voting rights ... civil rights movement. And I knew we were doing something important, that we were helping to change Mississippi,” McLemore said. Freedom ...

For 33 years, the National Civil Rights Museum honors people who have made significant contributions within the civil rights movement ... to be honored at Freedom Award Attendees, public figures ...

In 1966, the famed communist folk musician Pete Seeger was invited by the Cuban revolutionary government to perform a series ...

Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn’t going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College ...