Historians describe the debate over extending civil rights to former slaves that divided the country after the Civil War. The same issues would re-emerge decades later, in the civil rights ...

Although Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were both civil rights activists, the tactics they used in their fight for equality were very different. King believed that non-violent protests were the ...

On a seemingly ordinary evening in Somerville, Massachusetts, a Tufts University PhD student, Rumeysa Ozturk, found herself ensnared in a shocking encounter that raised critical questions about civil ...

Vietnam War Protests: Lawyers defended draft resisters and sued the government for illegal war tactics. Civil Rights Movement: Activists worked alongside legal groups to push for civil rights ...

Under the leadership of Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement adopted tactics of non-violence, peaceful protest and civil disobedience. The video below looks at Martin Luther King's ...