The Washington Post

Did the civil rights movement use military tactics to topple Jim Crow?

Police lead Black schoolchildren to jail in May 1963 after their arrest for protesting racial discrimination in Birmingham, Ala. (Bill Hudson/AP) Review by Kevin Boyle Behind Thomas Ricks’s new book, ...
NPR

Ricks' book argues the nonviolent Civil Rights movement employed a military strategy

Tom Ricks is one of the most distinguished war correspondents of our time. He covered the war in Iraq, among other conflicts, and has written many books. Now he has turned his experience to the ...
NPR

Veterans of the civil rights movement of the 1960s see similarities today

America was polarized during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Veterans from the movement say the racial backlash they feel today is reminiscent of the recoil they faced in 1968. Many Americans ...
The Root

These Civil Rights Legends From Jim Crow Are Still With Us …So Remember Their Names!

From Jesse Jackson to Angela Davis, we’re honoring the last living Civil Rights icons who are still with us today. From the lunch counter to the ballot box to Selma marches to the Black Panthers, the ...
Philadelphia Tribune

King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” leads to passage of civil rights legislation

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream Speech” is not only a defining moment of the civil rights movement, but it’s among some of the most iconic speeches in American history. Delivered to over ...