Articles related to "American Civil Rights Movement"

The life, times and accomplishments of one of the forerunners of the American Civil Rights Movement, a brave lady named Coretta Scott King.

Consider honoring Martin Luther King this year with a set list of songs that do the same. Below are five songs doing just that.

Through peaceful protest and applied education, three giants of the long civil rights movement aided in reversing the doctrine against African Americans.

The longest running radio talk show in North America has been steaming up the airways in Canada's capital city for decades.

It is perhaps most fitting that Mr. Barack Hussein Obama the offspring of both black African and white American parents will become the first black to take the oath.

It has long been Mary Wilson's dream that her collection of stunning costumes would be exhibited for all to see. The garments will be shown at the V&A and around the UK.

Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) is an anti-racism group attempting to remove the taint of neo-Nazi hate-speak from the skinhead name.

In We Shall Overcome, Bruce Springsteen voices a subtle, but powerful message of political protest. Part 1 explores the album’s pro-labor and anti-racism messages.

Business innovators are those who make changes to increase a company's profits. This article talks about innovators who make changes to increase the welfare of everyone.

Alice in Wonderland, the Supremes, the Beauharnais Emeralds and Salginatobel Bridge are among the diverse subjects covered by exhibitions at the V&A Museum during 2008/9.

But for the works of ancestors such as Rosa Parks and John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama may not have become who they are, Dr. King's friend has said.

In 1963, Dr. King made his legendary "I Have a Dream" speech and set forth standards to change American's mind-set. In 2008 we ask, did he succeed?

It was the tumultuous era of the 60s. The music messengers were Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley and The Last Poets were the progenators, the original rappers.

Oscar Wilde Bookshop, a fixture in Greenwich Village for more than 40 years, played a crucial role in the creation and development of the modern gay rights movement.

Elvis Presley's Graceland may be the best known tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, but the National Civil Rights Museum is the most powerful.

A new movie by filmmaker Brigitte Berman goes beyond the bunnies and the mansion parties, and takes a tender look at Playboy Magazine Founder and Editor Hugh Hefner.

Much is revealed in the DVD version of DeMille's "Commandments"