John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in Troy, Alabama, in 1940. He would listen to the broadcasts of Martin Luther King Jr.

He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

I took a tour group to Alabama in 2015 to trace the American Civil Rights Trail, running in a triangle from Birmingham to Montgomery to Selma and back to Birmingham.

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew freedom in. “There was never a question over whether I could vote when I ...

As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

Kansas seldom promotes itself as a destination for Black history enthusiasts, and we’re leaving lots of potential tourist ...

“Saturday Night Live” has been making us laugh for five decades now, since the show premiered in October 1975.

The Arkansas Razorbacks, led by coach John Calipari, lost to the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide 85-81 on Saturday. Calipari believes his team lost their nerve in the second half, allowing Alabama to build ...

JTA’s Selma ... in Alabama in 1965. Viewers may wish to supplement the film with JTA’s coverage at the time, which, not surprisingly, zoomed in on the Jewish role. After the “Bloody Sunday ...

FAYETTEVILLE — Playing fearless is starting to become a mantra for Arkansas basketball in its first year under John Calipari ... Against No. 3 Alabama, Calipari believes his team briefly ...

There was a unique moment in the late stages of Arkansas basketball’s matchup against Alabama on Saturday.Head coach John Calipari, even with his team behind for most of the game, was impressed ...