Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory, supported overwhelmingly by Missouri voters, marks the state’s continued ideological ...

Walter White and the NAACP,' an American Experience film about an overlooked titan of the civil rights movement.

In 1947, under President Truman, George F. Kennan formulated the “containment” policy of preventing any expansion of the Soviet Union or its influence. It became “the basic United States strategy for ...

Level the starting line, but let merit determine the finish line.” This principle captures the essence of diversity, equity, ...

The remark disgusted some Foreign Service officers, infuriated others, and displeased even those who were looking forward to the new administration.” So began what — until now — was the largest purge ...

Besides marrying Bryan Boroughs, the Truman Scholarship “was probably ... strengthened her conviction about the importance of civil rights work at the United States Attorney’s Office.

Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who operated mostly in Philadelphia. He was known for his more aggressive push for change and ...

His credo is the Bill of Rights (still a very revolutionary document), the Roosevelt Bill of Human Rights, the Truman Civil Rights Program, and all legislation stemming from them.

two civil rights organizations that were focused on ending the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S.

the Truman civil-rights program. He also asked for universal military training, broadening of social security, extension of reciprocal trade treaties for three years. He wanted repeal of the Taft ...

Perle Mesta, a staunch feminist and believer in civil rights, broke barriers in 1949 by insisting that Truman's inaugural balls be integrated. "She made an enormous effort to be inclusive at her ...