Watch the Trailer for ‘Rustin,’ Which Spotlights the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
The new film dramatizes Bayard Rustin’s efforts to pull off an event of unprecedented scale
To Mark the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech Goes on Display
The draft on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was produced a few hours before King took to the podium
These Photos of the March on Washington Capture the Urgency and Joy of the Iconic Day
Stanley Tretick documented the demonstration in 1963, but his snapshots were hidden in a trunk, unseen by the public for decades
An Oral History of the March on Washington
Americans who marched on Washington 60 years ago under a blazing sun recall the day they were part of a turning point in history
The Misunderstood Visionary Behind the Black Panther Party
Huey P. Newton has been mythologized and maligned since his murder 34 years ago. His family and friends offer an intimate look inside his life and mind
Is This a Recording of Banksy’s Voice?
A new podcast claims to have unearthed a short interview with the artist that aired on NPR in 2005
Protesters at the Met Condemn ‘Unjustifiably Harsh’ Charges Against Two Climate Activists
Both are facing up to five years in prison for smearing paint on the glass case of a Degas sculpture
The Controversial Gay Priest Who Brought Vigilante Justice to San Francisco’s Streets
In response to anti-gay violence, the Reverend Raymond Broshears formed the Lavender Panthers, an armed self-defense group, in 1973
Martin Luther King Jr. Never Said Famous Quote Criticizing Malcolm X
One journalist’s archival discovery is changing historians’ understanding of the two civil rights leaders
Climate Activists Turn Water in Rome’s Trevi Fountain Black
The action was a protest against public subsidies for fossil fuels and called attention to the deadly floods occurring in northern Italy
Monument to Coretta Scott King Unveiled in Atlanta
Located at the King Center, the new memorial honors a legacy that’s often overlooked
Climate Activists Smear Paint on Degas Sculpture’s Glass Case
Sitting beside “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” the protesters urged Biden to declare a climate emergency
Tillie Black Bear Was the Grandmother of the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement
The Lakota advocate helped thousands of domestic abuse survivors, Native and non-Native alike
The House Where Martin Luther King Jr. Planned Civil Rights Marches Is Moving to Michigan
The historic home also hosted the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington
Ai Weiwei Unveils Recreation of Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ Made Entirely of Legos
In a new exhibition, the renowned Chinese artist explores beauty, technology and growing up in exile
In Landmark Pledge, British Lawyers Say They Won’t Act in the Interest of Fossil Fuels
The litigators refuse to represent new coal, oil and gas developments or prosecute peaceful climate protesters
Untold Stories of American History
Frederick Douglass Thought This Abolitionist Was a ‘Vastly Superior’ Orator and Thinker
A new book offers the first full-length biography of newspaper editor, labor leader and minister Samuel Ringgold Ward
‘Rocking Chair Rebellion’ of Senior Citizens Joins Climate Protest
Thousands of retirees in 90 locations across the U.S. protested banks that finance new fossil fuel infrastructure
Traute Lafrenz, Last Surviving Member of Anti-Nazi Resistance Group the White Rose, Dies at 103
During World War II, the rest of the movement’s core members were executed for distributing leaflets critical of the Nazi regime
What Made Judy Heumann, Mother of the Disability Rights Movement, an American Hero
The tireless activist, who died this weekend at 75, spent decades advocating for Americans with disabilities
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