Fourteen veterans of the 1961 Freedom Rides protesting segregation in interstate travel were honored April 13 at a screening in Washington D.C of a new NEH-funded film.
As part of its mission, NEH supports radio, television, and film productions that make the humanities accessible and exciting to tens of millions of Americans.
One of the Endowment's essential functions is to encourage the creation of books that provide the American public with invaluable perspective on our nation and its culture, and that have a potentially
Until very recently, many African Americans were unable to trace their ancestors’ first steps in America because so few credible records were available.
A minister, civil rights leader, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and champion of nonviolent social change, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key figure of the 20th century.
