He ran a successful local grocery, and, after the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, obtained the right to register voters ...

A 90-year-old Amherst veteran who marched in Selma reflects on lost friends; civil rights progress and why he fears ...

Visiting civil rights era sites in Alabama with a group of teenagers filled me with a renewed sense of optimism. The fight is ...

The event was another step by religious and political extremists intent on destroying the wall that separates church and ...

Greenfield Village opens the Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home, a Civil Rights hub for MLK.

From Birmingham to Selma to Montgomery, eight historic landmarks trace the courage, sacrifice, and strategy that drove one of ...

Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the city considered the crucible of the modern Civil Rights Movement to push back against ...

In 1965, Black Americans peacefully demonstrated for voting rights and were beaten by Alabama state troopers before returning ...

The couple who founded Selma's annual Bloody Sunday commemoration say teaching history is critical as state lawmakers redraw ...

"The history of struggle for voting rights is personal," said lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who is from Delaware and founded a ...

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday in one of the largest voting rights ...