The historic city of Selma, Alabama, is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors for the 60th anniversary commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” and the subsequent Selma-to-Montgomery ...

A Secret Service agent, he leaped onto the president’s limousine in Dallas in 1963 and was credited with saving the first ...

In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...

Named for its co-founder Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the place to visit if you're a flower enthusiast.

(WIB) – For decades, Title I funding has been a financial backbone for schools serving low-income and predominantly Black students, helping pay for things like after-school tutoring. But now, those ...

These programs expanded on the Civil Rights Act, signed in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, outlawing employment ... director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy at ...

Kennedy launched a fundraising initiative, and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed into law a 1964 bill renaming the project the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.

Education in America has changed radically since the nation's founding. The Department of Education has faced opposition ...

Medicaid, which turns 60 this summer, was created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” strategy ...

By the late 1860s, the common school movement, which advocated for free, universal, state-funded education, had been growing in the North for decades, according to the Center on Education Policy.

Black and minority business owners say DEI initiatives had limited positive effects, and say most measures didn't go far enough to break down barriers.