Topic: Civil Rights

Embodying two spirits

Gender as a spectrum, not a divide

Striving to be accepted, not tolerated

"This is how I'm gonna be"

Gay rights pioneer Harry Hay strongly identified with the traditions of the nadleehi.

Role models can make all the difference in a young person's life.

Fred's mother turned her loss into a personal mission to help other kids like her son.

The driving force behind Daisy Bates's activism was the murder of her mother.

A five-part series chronicling the history of the global anti-apartheid movement.

A 16-year-old Muslim girl in Harlem is picked up by the FBI on suspicion of being a terrorist.

Has the War on Terror compromised civil liberties?

Part 1: Road to Resistance

Part 2: The New Generation

Part 3: From Selma to Soweto

Part 4: The Bottom Line

Part 5: Free At Last

A civil rights hero who put her life on the line.

Turning a childhood tragedy into the pursuit of justice.

Retiring from the struggle, but not from the cause.

A look back at the Black Power movement.

A civil rights firebrand still inspires fascination and fear.

A point where caution ends and cowardice begins.

A miscarriage of justice or conspiracy to silence?

Daisy Bates was a feminist before the term was coined.

After leaving the Army, Hart Viges became a peace activist.

Remembering the beginnings of the AIDS crisis.

A health crisis catalyzes a political movement.

The terrible and rapid effect of AIDS.

Though decimated in numbers, a community grows stronger.

Amancio Villatoro's remains were the first to be identified as part of an ambitious forensic investigation.