Tagged: civil-rights-act-of-1964

The names Henry Smith, Samuel Hammond Jr. and Delano Middleton remain etched into the identity of South Carolina State University, not simply as history, but as a continuing call to […]

By Marc H. Morial TO BE EQUAL “Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” — Coretta Scott King A war has been declared […]

By Marc H. Morial TO BE EQUAL “Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” — Coretta Scott King A war has been declared […]

The charges against the seven men had reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned their convictions just days before the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, the […]

Civil rights veterans from the Little Rock Nine and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee join scholar Peniel Joseph at conference Renowned civil rights figures, including Minnijean Brown-Trickey, a member of […]