She was an unlikely hero of the Civil Rights Movement. By the time she was 19 years old she was involved in over three dozen sit-ins and protests when she joined the Freedom Rides and put on death row but that's just the beginning of her story.

She was an unlikely hero of the Civil Rights Movement. By the time she was 19 years old she was involved in over three dozen sit-ins and protests when she joined the Freedom Rides and put on death row but that's just the beginning of her story.

The famous little child walking down the steps of her elementary school with federal marshals was immortalized by Norman Rockwell. Ruby Bridges thought she was going to college. Little did she know that, years later, her story would continue to inspire new generations.

The famous little child walking down the steps of her elementary school with federal marshals was immortalized by Norman Rockwell. Ruby Bridges thought she was going to college. Little did she know that, years later, her story would continue to inspire new generations.

One of the symbols of American Democracy was stormed by an angry mob of Trump supporters set on preventing the very democracy they claim to love.

Gentrification had another name back in the 1950s and '60... Urban Renewal. However, James Baldwin called it for what it was "Negro Removal".

Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly white.

His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we learn from his death today?

His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we learn from his death today?

When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real change will happen when white Americans understand their place in it and move to change that balance of privilege afforded to them merely because of the color of their skin.