A new play about famed civil rights leaders explores what it means to live in a democracy when times are turbulent.

The Village Theater audience was still vibrating from the black soul-sounds of Marion Brown and Jackie McLean when Stokely Carmichael bounded on stage last Thursday night. He probably liked it that ...

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The activist Stokely Carmichael played a major role in both the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement, something that could not said about either Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm X.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Peniel Joseph spoke about his book, Stokely: A Life, in which he examines the life and accomplishments of civil rights activist Stokely ...

CAMBRIDGE — As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, Najee A. Brown was asked to portray Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a fourth-grade play. Decades later, he directed the premiere of his own play, “Stokely ...

‘The Tennessee Three’ formerly started out as three individuals, State Reps. Justin Pearson, Gloria Johnson, and Justin Jones, with their communal fight for gun reform laws. The three would lead a ...

Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were... Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the mid-1960s, Stokely Carmichael ...

Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were... How Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers ...