Thomas Jefferson’s proclamation of “self-evident truths” in the Declaration of Independence was a turning point in world ...

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A member of the Ku Klux Klan shouts at counterprotesters during a July 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP ...

OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. Editor’s note: The following article is an op ...

Within the latest wave of student protests happening on college campuses across the United States and in other countries, there is a historical pattern emerging. “I would say that one of the things to ...

Music and history often coincide with each other in a cause-and-effect relationship. Whether it be that music incites something in history or the other way around, the two are inseparable and heavily ...

Michael Pedretti of Williamsburg already has chronicled in several books the history of his family, stretching back to the Middle Ages. Now, he is chronicling the history of movement theater in ...

It began on a hot summer night in Mississippi, with a cry from a young Black activist named Stokely Carmichael. The birth of Black Power in 1966 also saw the spread of Afros, dashikis, and the first ...

There is more to the movement than the party, as small-l libertarians have always been quick to emphasize. But the broader movement is enduring its own identity crisis. The end of the Cold War marked ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Every July we recognize Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of this landmark civil rights law. This ...

This piece was originally published at Waging Nonviolence. Social movements are stronger when they sing. That’s a lesson that has been amply demonstrated throughout history, and it’s one that I have ...