Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women's roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, "Trailblazers and Torchbearers," dives into the stories of female leaders ...

"It's important that we recognize that women were out front'' in the civil rights movement, said Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. Evers' widow ...

A s Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or minimized in favor of male figures. From organizing boycotts to ...

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.

Within the Civil RIghts Movement, Black women wielded a profound influence in sculpting the narrative of social justice. In the rhythmic beats of history, the Civil Rights Movement emerges as a ...

The seven impeccably cast singers are strong, each fitting superbly into the ensemble and making the most of their solo ...

For the last year and a half, there is only one point I’ve sought to make with my venture coverage: that the industry is not separate from sociopolitical context. That the tech industry and its ...

Since Dobbs, the rhetoric around personhood has become much more extreme—for example, so-called abortion abolitionists ...

In the aura of all the achievements the march represented, a group of Black women held a meeting called “After the March, What?” Dorothy Height, already a legend of the Civil Rights Movement and head ...

Following in her footsteps were the women who made a difference in our city by taking the lead during the Civil Rights Movement. Topping that list is Maxine Smith, who was a brilliant and gutsy ...

The march came together blindingly fast. From conception to execution was less than three months. Finally, the day arrived, August 28, 1963—the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.