The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. kicks off a voter registration drive at the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Ala., on Jan. 18, 1965, flanked by the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, left, the Rev. Ralph ...

A tornado devastated much of the historic city of Selma, the Alabama city that played a key role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights campaign.

Selma brings Martin Luther King, Jr. to life as an all-too-human man grappling with the pressures of leading a Civil Rights revolution. The movie features exquisite performances from the likes of ...

‘Selma’ Review: Martin Luther King Gets His Cinematic Due in a Stirring American Saga. One of the year’s best American films explores the accomplishments of Dr. King without wrapping it in a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. finally gets the big-screen treatment he deserves, with David Oyelowo's performance anchoring a powerful recreation of the 1965 Alabama march for voting rights.

It’s kind of amazing that it’s taken so long for a movie to be made about the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. But finally there is “Selma,” an amazing movie that is not ...

Spoiler alert: Selma, in theaters now, ends on a high note, with Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Birmingham, Ala., marking the end of a campaign that pushed Congress to ...

Brilliantly acted and directed, Ava DuVernay’s towering “Selma” is Hollywood’s definitive depiction of the 1960s American civil rights movement — as well as perhaps the most timely movi… ...

With "Selma," director Ava DuVernay ... One of the most vexing facts of cinematic life the past 50 years is that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement he led have not been ...

Because Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches are copyrighted — and licensed to another project — the film was made without his famous quotes, his licensed life story or the blessing of his children.

David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Selma.” Atsushi Nishijima “Do the Right Thing” This 1989 Spike Lee modern classic isn’t about MLK, but it is about racial tension in a ...

We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.