No topic was more prevalent around my grandmother’s Sunday dinner table than the effect of segregation on black people. Over generous helpings of mashed potatoes, collard greens and pork chops ...

Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...

In February 1963 Kennedy submitted a civil rights bill to Congress that did not address the important issue of integration of public facilities. He did little to support the bill and it floundered.

The standoff lasted several weeks until President Dwight Eisenhower sent U.S. troops to enforce the integration order. Local news media during the Civil Rights movement downplayed peaceful Black ...

He grew up in Albany, Georgia and got involved in the civil rights movement as a young man. In addition to his landmark pool protest, he fought for school integration. He’s now in his late 80s ...

Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who ... approaches to desegregation and integration, making him a controversial figure ...

He secured a victory at the nation's highest court, challenging the University of Alabama's denial of admission to Autherine Lucy and Pollie Myers based on race.