From the Black Power movement to the first black president of the United States.

Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP Julian Bond.

“Black is Beautiful” came out of the Black Power movement and into the mainstream, such as on "Soul Train."

The long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable.

From Black Power to a black president, a look at African American lives after the landmark court case victories.

Ruby was one of six children who desegregated several all-white elementary schools in New Orleans in 1960.

During the Jim Crow era, African Americans struggled to build their own worlds within the harsh, narrow confines of ...

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, heralding a movement of resistance, with Dr. Martin Luther ...

Racist images in the Jim Crow era demeaned African Americans and legitimized violence against them. A visit to the Jim ...

The Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction’s thrilling but tragically brief “moment in the sun.”

During the Jim Crow era, a steady stream of African Americans left the South, fleeing racial violence and searching for ...

The future South Carolina Representative to Congress made a daring escape from slavery when he sailed a war ship past ...