The godfather of the movement was born on March 17, 1912, and should be celebrated as a history maker, particularly as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary.

(The Root) — In the opening line of his “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that the March on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates began highlighting the scourge of police and vigilante violence ...

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest march Thursday through Manhattan’s Financial District to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, ...

Al Sharpton continues to fight for equity. He led a march on Wall Street on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. As per AP News, Al Sharpton used a significant moment in the civil rights ...

The U.S. Postal Service on Friday unveiled a new stamp that commemorates the historic 1963 March on Washington, the Associated Press reports. The image shows marchers carrying placards calling for ...

On a hot summer day a little over six decades ago, a quarter of a million people gathered peacefully in Washington, D.C. to demand laws to advance civil rights, protect voting rights and stop ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a color photograph of the ...