Civil rights

American spotlight: how today’s protests echo historical outrage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American civil rights leader Martin Luther King

The civil rights movement: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"We cannot walk alone": 26 August 1963 – As they hold hands, Martin Luther King Jr and the other leaders of the March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom make history. (Photo by Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

The story of Martin Luther King's struggle for civil rights in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black rights activist Malcolm X

Malcolm X: Activism, assassination and how he predicted his own death

Rosa Parks rides an integrated bus

From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King: the boycott that inspired the dream

Crowds march through the streets of Chicago to hear Martin Luther King speak at the Illinois Rally for Civil Right on 21 June 1964

Seymour Hersh on the US civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

TimelineKey moments in the American civil rights movement

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Is Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ the greatest speech in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Malcolm X chats with Eric Abrahams – the Oxford Union president who vowed to “fill the room with blacks” – before giving his famous address on 3 December 1964. (Getty)

Malcolm X in Oxford: Black power amid dreaming spires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Civil rights and the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.