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‘It is dangerous to forget' our racial history: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered remarks in Birmingham, Alabama, at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young black girls were killed.
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During 1963 church bombing remembrance, Jackson says we must own hardest chapters of US history
Standing at the pulpit of the Birmingham, Alabama, church where four little girls were killed by a Ku Klux Klan bomb in 1963, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the nation must remember and own the uncomfortable moments of its past in order to move forward.
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Biden calls for action to end ‘hate-fueled violence' on 60th anniversary of March on Washington
President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence” that authorities say motivated a white man to fatally shoot three Black people at a Florida store over the weekend.
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Thousands converge on National Mall for 60th anniversary of March on Washington
Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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House Where Martin Luther King Jr. Planned Alabama Marches Moving to Michigan
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders planned several marches, is moving to a Michigan museum where it will eventually be open to the public.
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Ruby Bridges' School Now Part of Louisiana Civil Rights Trail
At just 6 years old, Ruby Bridges first walked into William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans, desegregating the school.
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Through Their Eyes: Hear the Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
Hear from the voices of the women and men who marched to Washington for racial equality in 1963.
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‘I've Forgiven Him,' Says Black Student in 1957 Photo With Jerry Jones Outside Segregated School
One of six Black students involved in a tense confrontation with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and other white students outside a segregated Arkansas high school 65 years ago says “you don’t judge people by the past” and he forgives Jones.
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‘A Curious Kid:' Jerry Jones Addresses 1957 Photo Outside Segregated N. Little Rock High School
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday he was just a “curious kid” when he was part of a group of white students confronting Black students outside North Little Rock High School.