Activism is Ageless: Activists Yesterday and Today

Activism is Ageless

The fight for justice knows no age or generation

50 years after the civil rights leader’s death, he talks about push to keep moving forward

Events that initiated social change during the civil rights movement Revisiting the Voices of Civil Rights project

11 activists under 50 carrying the torch for change
VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images From Tahrir Square to March for Our Lives, students are at the forefront Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images
Today’s teens’ fight for gun control is inspiring, but young black activists have been there before Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
John Lewis, above, was the youngest of the Big Six civil rights leaders and chairman of the SNDC Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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