Tag: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)

‘Genius: MLK/X’ Offers Portraits of the Icons as Vital Young Men

“We wanted to take them off the T-shirts and make them real,” said Gina Prince-Bythewood, who created the series with her husband Reggie Rock Bythewood.

How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement

The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit.

Smithsonian’s Latino Museum Faces Political Winds Before a Brick Is Laid

Partisan battles over America’s past, and divisions among Latinos, are affecting this new institution set to be built on the National Mall.