Conceived as tribute to progress, peace, and prosperity, the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Queens, New York, proved to be a defining moment in pop culture, inspiring a generation with its gleaming ...

WASHINGTON – On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the most significant civil rights achievements in U.S. history. This new law made it ...

In honoring the civil rights movement, we sometimes forget the battles that took place in northern cities like New York. Today in NYC History on February 3, 1964, the Rev. Milton Galamison led the ...

The impact of the women of the Spelman College Class of 1964 on civil rights history. Foot Soldiers: Class of 1964 tells the story of the women of the Spelman College Class of 1964, who participated ...

ISIS, Khorasan, Ferguson, Gaza, Putin: The summer of 2014 had been deemed America’s “worst ever” well before Ebola, the Ray Rice video, and the Secret Service debacle kicked in. One sees the point ...

Some of the best country songs in the history of the genre hit the airwaves in 1964. At the same time, the likes of Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, and Lefty Frizzell were topping the charts with ...