Morris had an expansive vision of freedom that went beyond his antislavery work. Like the activists leading the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, Morris’s activism was multifaceted.

This belief was clear in his unflinching critiques of American society and active participation in the civil rights movement.

In the Black Power era, he was seen as a rebel artist, the "Malcolm X of literature ... and held office during the years when the civil rights movement achieved its first milestones.

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National ...

Addressing Inequities Today The modern civil rights movement is working to address the less visible but very important inequities in our society. Opportunity in America should mean everyone has a ...

The Story of the Civil rights Movement Through Children’s Books. The exhibit displays over 70 pieces of art, all from children’s literature, to portray the movement and some of its prominent ...

Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a California, Pa. native, is known as the only white woman to have been murdered during the Civil Rights ...

Some of our favorite figures from history, literature, music ... leader Marcus Garvey played a major role in the early civil rights movement. This Juneteenth dish has more of a connection to ...