Civil Rights movement

Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth: A mighty tree for civil rights

October 24, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Rev. Shuttlesworth's fingerprints are all over the history of the Civil Rights movement and his dogged determination to resist the powers of racism and inequality were legendary.

From Emmett Till to Harold Washington: Arlene Brigham: foot soldier for equality

August 12, 2005 By John Bachtell

CHICAGO — Arlene Brigham’s eyes still blaze when she talks about Emmett Till. At 88 years old she can still vividly recall the pain and outrage surrounding the lynching of the 14-year-old African American on Aug....

Honor voting rights martyrs with deeds

March 4, 2005 By Tim Wheeler

Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The names of the three civil rights martyrs still ring like a bell four decades after they disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964. Their deaths, together with the violence inflicted...

Hattie Lumpkin, Mother and Fighter for Socialism

July 15, 2004 By Beatrice Lumpkin

The women who marched to save women’s lives in Washington, DC this month were standing on the shoulders of giants. Hattie Lumpkin or “Ma” was one of those giants.

Eight days in May: Birmingham and the struggle for civil rights

May 22, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The eight days between May 2 and May 10, 1963, when thousands of school children in Birmingham, Ala., defied the fire hoses and police dogs of Eugene “Bull” Connor, marked a turning point in the civil...