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 ...
Instead of signaling a turning of the corner in pursuit of a more perfect union, the elevation of a Black man into the White ...
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...
The Black students were joined by white, mostly Jewish neighbors, the first interracial civil rights protest in the country.
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is set to display "Selma is Now: Civil Rights Photographs" a series of photos taken by ...
Kansas seldom promotes itself as a destination for Black history enthusiasts, and we’re leaving lots of potential tourist ...
Cycling tracks in the Al Qudra area will be closed on Sunday, February 9, for the desert cycling race, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said on Saturday. The cycling tracks in Al Qudra will ...
Alabama basketball could rise to No. 1 after defeating Arkansas and losses by other top teams. No. 6 Florida beat Auburn while unranked Clemson upset No. 2 Duke, leaving no unbeaten Power 5 teams ...
The most Alabama alumni who have played in a Super Bowl is five. The Philadelphia Eagles have five former Crimson Tide players on their 53-man roster entering Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX meeting ...
CINCINNATI — Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Transportation have announced that the southbound lanes of Interstate-471 to the Daniel Carter Bridge are reopening Sunday.