The civil rights movement’s commitment to nonviolence wasn’t just moral but also strategic, based on a calculation of how the ...

Bayard Rustin and his contributions to the modern civil rights movement deserve all the praise. The godfather of the movement was born on March 17, 1912, and should be celebrated as a history maker, ...

Many moments helped shape the Civil Rights Movement, but one event is credited with transforming it. On Aug. 28, 1963, more than a quarter-million people marched in Washington, D.C., demanding justice ...

Modern activism often mimics the visible aspects of the Civil Rights Movement, like marches, without understanding the deeper organizational work that made it effective. Injustice has evolved, now ...