Civil Rights Movement

The Brothers were a civil rights group formed in 1966. They advocated for better employment and living conditions for Black people in Albany. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha revisits the group’s history to learn more about their lasting legacy.

There will be a free screening of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" at UPAC in Kingston, New York tonight at 7 p.m. The film takes a deeper dive into the groundbreaking actions spearheaded by Rosa Parks throughout the course of the civil rights movement. Acclaimed director Yoruba Richen will participate in an in-person Q&A following the screening and she joins us this morning.

As Martin Luther King's life and legacy are celebrated across the country today, a Siena Poll indicates New Yorkers’ views of race relations have soured…

Tributes have been pouring in for E. Henry Twiggs, a legendary civil rights figure and public servant from Springfield, Massachusetts. He died Thursday at…

A once-thriving community newspaper in Albany is launching a mixed media revival.Print newspapers focused on local communities in the Albany area thrived…

Pauli Murray has been called one of the most important figures in 20th century African American civil rights history. This remarkable woman was the…

Paul Murray went South as part of the Civil Rights Movement. For many years he has taught a course on the Civil Rights Movement at Sienna College and…

In our Ideas Matter segment we take time just about every week to check in with the state humanities councils in our 7-state region.Today we'll be joined…

A civil rights activist who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960 and participated in the Freedom Rides as well as the Selma…

Events are being held across western Massachusetts to honor Martin Luther King Jr. The federal holiday commemorating the civil rights hero is Monday. The…