She sparked a movement when she refused to yield her seat on the bus.
Civil Rights
Stories and tributes to the lives touched by the civil rights movement.
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He was a co-founder of the Olympic Project for Human Rights.
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News Obituaries
Shelia Washington (1960–2021), museum founder who helped exonerate the Scottsboro Boys
She was determined to find justice for the wrongfully convicted young men.
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Jordan became president of the National Urban League when he was in his 30s.
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Coretta Scott King was the widow of Martin Luther King Jr…
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We remember Negro League baseball players and their incredible achievements.
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Boynton was the plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case in 1960.
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Bridges was determined that her children would get good educations.
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American women nationwide gained the right to vote in 1920. See photos of what that looked like.
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Rosa Parks embodied the struggle for civil rights in the U.S…