From the NAACP to the Black Lives Matter movement, we're counting down the biggest civil rights turning points in every decade.

Kwanzaa didn't just appear spontaneously – it was specifically designed to heal a struggling community.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a hugely influential figure in American life, and surprised many that he never chose to enter the political arena. But he almost did.

At just 6, Ruby Bridges braved angry crowds to attend an all-white school—becoming the first Black student to integrate in Louisiana.