Fifty years ago, the hot topic in the Post was integration. We begin a series on the Post‘s civil rights reporting with original material from Martin Luther King Jr., James Meredith, Malcolm X, and other influential civil rights leaders and journalists.
The Rise of the Black Activists
By 1963, black Americans were taking control of the fight for civil rights. Read More »
The Deep South Says Never
In 1954, the White Citizens’ Councils began a campaign of intimidation to shut down the movement toward integration. Read More »
Black Students, White Schools
The Supreme Court ordered an end to segregated schooling, but the transition would not come easily. Read More »
Black Neighbors, White Neighborhoods
Throughout the ‘50s, white homeowners were panicking at the thought of blacks moving into their neighborhoods. Read More »
‘It’s Our Country, Too’
In 1940, civil rights activist and NAACP leader Walter White wrote a column for the Post examining how black Americans’ desire to serve their country was held back by government discrimination. Read More »
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