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

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 ...

College professor recounts a civil rights tour, and wonders how to share such topics with students without breaking the law.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...

African-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, centre) at the third march from Selma to ...

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 ...

While everyone should be proud of Lannie’s Bar-B-Q in Selma for making the USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2025 list — and ...

From buzzy Instagram-worthy spots to tried-and-true small-town standbys, these are USA TODAY's top restaurants across the United States in 2025.

After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, many politically engaged Black women said ...

Instead of signaling a turning of the corner in pursuit of a more perfect union, the elevation of a Black man into the White ...

An iconic civil rights site in Selma, Alabama, closed in 1983 and fallen into disrepair in recent years, was the subject of a fall semester Interior Architecture (ARIA) studio led by Program Chair and ...