In 1957, Eisenhower signed the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The law provided new federal protection for voting rights. Eisenhower helped create the South-East Asia Treaty ...

Historian Fred Greenstein comments on the Civil Rights issue during Eisenhower's presidency and Eisenhower's plan during World War II. What I would say about Eisenhower and civil rights really is ...

Eisenhower would maintain this credo throughout ... while pressing social issues, such as civil rights, cried out for attention. They described a scenario of "the bland leading the bland." ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on Monday, Jan. 20, those who attended an annual program on Friday afternoon will have a lot to think about. The event, entitled “Martin Luther King Jr.