Photographer and Civil Rights Activist Bernard Kleina joins us on MLK Day to chat about his vivid photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement - that he captured - in color!

PERSPECTIVE: Movement veterans, descendants and scholars revisit the legacy of 1960s activists — and lessons for today.

This article reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago Freedom Movement and its role in confronting housing discrimination, laying the groundwork for the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Through a deeply ...

Go to Montgomery, Alabama, today, and markers to the Civil Rights Movement dot the city’s landscape: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s house, the place where Rosa Parks was arrested, homes of other ...

We look back on Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Chicago Freedom Movement. The campaign was announced 60 years ago this month and aimed to improve housing ...

The Chicago freedom movement is marking its 50th anniversary. In the shadow of the historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, it's considered the first significant Northern freedom movement to ...

Go to Montgomery, Alabama today and markers to the civil rights movement dot the city landscape: Dr. King’s house, the place where Rosa Parks was arrested, homes of other activists like E.D. Nixon and ...

Ask most people why we celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday, and you’ll get a variety of answers. The promotion of civil rights, some may note. The “I Have A ...

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Click to open image viewer. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A color ...