This is how divided his advisory board was on what to do about black people. So here is Eleanor Roosevelt urging the integration of a housing project, not in Birmingham or Montgomery, but in ...

The Six Triple Eight shares the story of an all-Black battalion of WACs that faced unimaginable challenges while serving ...

Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in advancing civil rights by engaging with Black leaders, advocating against segregation, and influencing policy behind the scenes. From supporting ...

In 1944, Black educator and humanitarian Mary McLeod Bethune worked to get the support of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for "a role for Black women in the war overseas." The women who signed up ...

presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's silver anniversary lunch here, 1960. Courtesy: Library of Congress Many within the Black community ...

The “Eleanor” of the title is Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest serving First Lady in U.S. history. Her impactful 20th century life and times are assayed by regional theater mainstay Kandis ...