Civil Rights

Experts weigh in on how to have difficult conversations about race effectively, without alienating your loved ones.

Educate yourself about systemic racism and police brutality in America, starting with these 12 films and documentaries.

‘God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin,’ curated by Hilton Als, opens this week at the David Zwirner Gallery.

After meeting Bobby Seale at a college protest, Shames became the official photographer of the Black Panther Party, capturing its struggles and moments of stillness.

With a new show at the Tate Modern celebrating the work made by African-American artists during the Black Power movement of the 60s, we spoke to some of the women who channeled their activism into art.

A call for empathy.

Some of the most powerful photographs of the Civil Rights Era are by photographer and activist Danny Lyon. Last week at the Whitney Museum, Lyon sat down with his longtime friend, congressman John Lewis, to discuss a new retrospective of his...

Amid a nationwide debate on LGBT discrimination, mayor Bill de Blasio puts New York City on the right side of history.