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Filmmaker Invites New Generation To Become ‘Freedom Riders’

By Brittany Hutson In May 1961, a group of daring young activists decided to hop on board public interstate buses from Washington, D.C. and head into the Deep South. Their intent was to challenge the...

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50 Years Later, College Students Take a Ride For Freedom

By Charlotte Young The sacrifices that countless men and women made five decades ago in the name of civil rights has not been forgotten among today’s youth. In fact, the youth are excited to...

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Did Black People Abandon Cities That Birthed The Civil Rights Movement?

By J. Smith BV Black Spin raises a point that isn’t discussed too often, if at all. What has become of the cities that were once bedrocks of social change during the Civil Rights movement, long after...

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John Lewis: Immigrants' Rights New Civil Rights Fight

The struggle for justice needs all our energies. The post John Lewis: Immigrants' Rights New Civil Rights Fight appeared first on MadameNoire.

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7 Of The Most Unrecognized Women in Black History

You might have heard a few of these women's names, but do you know the doors they opened for us? The post 7 Of The Most Unrecognized Women in Black History appeared first on MadameNoire.

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