Civil Rights

Alexis Vaughan 1-01-2008
How God's Word empowers us to fight racism.

Members and associates of Holy Family Catholic Church in Natchez, the first African-American parish in Mississippi, played an integral role in the civil rights movement.

John Fleming 4-01-2005

A 40-year-old civil rights murder mystery, and the former state trooper who holds the answer.

John Fleming 4-01-2005

Uncut interview with the man at the center of the Jimmy Lee Jackson murder case.

Charles Marsh 1-01-2005
An excerpt of the book: The Beloved Community
How kitchen-table lessons in welcome and respect helped sustain the black freedom movement.
Rose Marie Berger 11-01-2002

'The work isn't over until we close our eyes and die.'

Dale W. Brown 9-01-2002

For Louisiana writer Ernest Gaines, home is the place where you're torn between the difficulty of leaving and the terror of staying.

Chris Byrd 11-01-2001

Birminghamians live with their history more than most Americans, and Birmingham's story is linked to the nation's history more than most cities.

Tony P. Hall 9-01-2000
Why we should apologize for slavery.
The liberation movement for the disabled is just beginning.
Sherrod Brown 1-01-1999
John Lewis and the civil rights movement.
Will Campbell 5-01-1998
David Halberstam credits the youth in the civil rights movement.
Sharon Basco 5-01-1998
Real change may come through the courts.
Edwin King 12-01-1982
Image: Warren K. Leffler / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Image by Warren K. Leffler / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Fannie Lou Hamer was a prophet from the Delta.

Will Campbell 8-01-1977

The personal story of a minister's conversion.