Music played a powerful role in the Civil Rights era, providing a soundtrack for the movement and inspiring hope for change with songs like "We Shall Overcome", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "People Get ...

To mark Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, "Sunday Morning" talks with some of those who were engaged from the very beginning ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book ...

Oklahoma City leaders are meeting on Wednesday to discuss the design plans for a new civil rights center that will serve as a ...

Journalist and author Elaine Weiss' "Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement" brings ...

An op-ed on how Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equal homeownership changed one family’s life across generations.

While many people enjoyed a day off Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, young leaders across Mississippi chose to spend it ...

No part of the United States was more resistant to the civil rights movement and its pursuit of racial equality than Mississippi. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle explores the civil rights movement in ...

More than 40 years ago Edward Culvert boarded a bus bound for the South in an effort to test President John F. Kennedy's commitment to civil rights. The mass action, part of the historic Freedom Rides ...

Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster and Lena Horne were among the stars who appeared for MLK and civil rights.

What is the cost of progress? For some, it means sacrificing everything — including your life. If you're looking for a way to ...