Americans talk about Civil Rights as a political movement. But as MLK well knew, it was more than that. It was a revival.

There's political equality ... these constant humiliations that black people face. And the Civil Rights of 1875 is an attempt to address them. Ted Tunnell: The second Reconstruction is what ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

It’s a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill King’s dream of non-violent social revolution ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War ... of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict. A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

Kristina Estle, director of the Underground Railroad Museum, wants area residents to remember and understand the cause that ...

Telnaes, if you weren’t sure, is the former Washington Post political cartoonist who resigned ... (“Herblock”), a longtime champion of civil rights in the 20th century.