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.

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

Billboards which were recently erected in Montgomery quickly caused controversy and many in the city took to social media to ...

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On Wednesday Feb. 12, IUP students had the opportunity to attend a Lunch and Learn in honor of Black History Month. The event was titled “Good and Necessary Trouble” – John Lewis and America’s ...

These days, it’s not uncommon to see a white person joining the Black-founded Greek organizations of the Divine Nine. Though, have you ever wondered who was the first to bite the bullet? Let us ...

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 ...

Up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 ... That led to a much larger march from Selma to Montgomery, with hundreds of Black citizens in protest. The Alabama troopers were on ...

The 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March is approaching, and so is an immersive new way to experience the ...

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

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is set to display "Selma is Now: Civil Rights Photographs" a series of photos taken by ...

Jr. Day have involved the new movie “Selma,” about the historic marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama in 1965. Viewers may wish to supplement the film with JTA’s coverage at the time ...