The following article is from the book Uncle John'...  ...nd Mississippi. Their goal: to protest racism and segregation .THE TIMES THEY ARE A' CHANGIN'The Freedom Riders...  ...the South was still a stronghold of prejudice and segregation supported by Jim Crow laws, a series of state and...  ...illegal. But in t...

(Photo: Tribune News Service)In the Jim Crow era,...  ...Tribune News Service)In the Jim Crow era, racial segregation shamefully extended into many of America’s...

(Photo: AP)On January 31, 1954, black civil rights protesters occupied a whites-only lunch counter at a McCrory's five-and-dime store in Rock Hill, South Carolina. These men, who came to be known as the "Friendship Nine,...

Vi Hart partnered with game designer Nicky Case to create Parable of the Polygons, a game that illustrates how human nature (and math) makes diversification difficult, whether it’s a neighborhood, school, work plac...

Buzzfeed has a gallery of 17 photographs taken between 1937 and 1943 illustrating how segregated the U.S. used to be. Blacks and whites had separate water fountains, restrooms, movie theaters, diners, overnight accommoda...

Almost 50 years after the Civil Rights Act, Wilcox County High School in Georgia still has two separate proms, one for white students only and one for any student to attend. A group of high school girls, lifelong friends...