A funeral service was held for former Representative John Dingell (D-MI), who died on February 7, 2019, at age 92. Representative Dingell was the longest serving member of Congress in histor…
3,007 viewsNot long after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) was shot and mortally wounded in the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel. He had just delivered a victory speech after winn…
3,982 viewsDay two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention included former President Bill Clinton and members of Mothers of the Movement, made up of mothers of slain black men and women.
31,927 viewsFormer President Bill Clinton gave the closing address on the second day of a three-day a Civil Rights Summit hosted by the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. 2014 mark…
905 viewsCivil rights leaders and contemporary movement leaders spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same spot where the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I have a dream” sp…
2,861 viewsHouse members and President Obama attended a memorial service in Statuary Hall for the late Speaker Thomas S. Foley.
1,146 viewsCelebration of Life Service for Dr. Dorothy Height’s life story was told through stories, videos, photos and readings shared by her many friends and colleagues.
7,109 viewsA reception was held in honor of Representative John Dingell. First elected to Congress in 1955, the next day he would officially become the longest-serving Member. Wednesday, February 11, 2…
177 viewsAt the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial along the Tidal Basin near the Lincoln Memorial, participants spoke about the legacy of Reverend King and th…
2,813 viewsCongressman Dingell marked 50 years in the U.S. House on December 13, 2005. Elected officials from Michigan, as well as Vice President Cheney and current members of congress, paid tribute in…
395 viewsParticipants gathered at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where in 1965 the civil rights movement gained national attention when white law enforcement officers used physical force to prevent voting…
731 viewsParticipants paid tribute to the life and career of Former Mayor Maynard Jackson.
5,157 viewsPresident Clinton presented the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Clinton praised the work t…
641 viewsPresident Bill Clinton was seated on the dias but did not speak. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) spoke about his autobiography “Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement,” in which he…
459 viewsPresident Clinton commemorated the 35th anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington. He talked about the history of the march and progress in civil rights in the U.S. Professor Oglet…
347 viewsPresident Clinton along with other participants gathered at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King and his father preached to honor him on what would have been his 67th birthday.
984 viewsKeynote address by Senator Sam Nunn at the Democratic Leadership Council meeting.
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