Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in advancing civil rights by engaging with Black leaders, advocating against segregation, and influencing policy behind the scenes. From supporting anti ...

Eleanor Roosevelt’s biographer says if she were alive today she would celebrate the  advancement of the LGBT, economic and social human rights movements globally Today marks International Human ...

Eleanor Roosevelt fought for anti-lynching legislation. ... who strongly supported civil rights and was remarkably courageous in her words and actions supporting social justice for African Americans.

First Lady from 1933 to 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt continued in public service for years after she left the White House, ... She was an advocate for Women's and Civil Rights, ...

Eleanor Roosevelt is coming to Wheaton in February. ... Megan Wells brings Eleanor Roosevelt’s fight for civil rights to life at Wheaton church Posted January 27, 2025 7:09 pm.

Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations General Assembly prior to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris, 10 December 1948.

Eleanor Roosevelt also felt it was her duty to befriend, represent, and communicate with ordinary Americans. ... Eleanor also continued to support causes close to her heart such as civil rights.

Eleanor Roosevelt is considered a 20th century icon of the Democratic Party and someone whose liberal politics established an enduring benchmark that continues to shape ... civil rights circumstances.

The Arts4all Foundation hosted a commemoration event at Queens College in Flushing, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to mark the 76th anniversary of Human Rights Day and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's 140th ...

Yet, Eleanor Roosevelt did occupy a singular place in U.S. history. She did all those things in her 12 years as first lady and so much in the remaining 17 years of her life that this morning’s ...

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum’s new major special exhibition is “Black Americans, Civil Rights, and The Roosevelts, 1932-1962.” The exhibit runs through December ...