CORE experimented with the use of non-violent protest as a means of gaining publicity for increased civil rights. In 1943, they used this tactic when staging their first ‘sit-in’ in a Chicago ...

The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...

Meet the powerful voices leading Civil Rights Movement 2.0, from attorneys to community organizers, who are tackling systemic racism.