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Supporters rally to save the Anacostia Community Museum in Washington, D.C., after funding cuts. The museum's closure would ...
The president has taken a strong interest in the Kennedy Center’s affairs ever since naming himself chairman in February, ...
The release of thousands of files on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. can’t tarnish the civil rights leader’s legacy, ...
Historians can wade into the debate by explaining what “greatness” has meant in the American past and might mean again. To do ...
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...
Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin ...
The law has been slowly eroding for more than a decade, starting with the 2013 Supreme Court decision ending the requirement ...
Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.
Portions of research and clinical trials have ground to a halt. Labs have been instructed to scrutinize every expense, from equipment to personnel. Some teams are even killing off lab mice because ...
As the anniversary of King's immortal speech on the National Mall approaches, it's on us to pursue his vision for America.