If Selma was the apex of the civil rights movement, we are now witnessing the apex of the anti-human rights backlash – heard in President Donald Trump’s absurd claim, echoed by acolytes like Gov.

LERONE MARTIN: He's known as the Happy Am I preacher, so he has this kind of charisma, smiling, very happy. My name is Dr. Lerone Martin, and I am the director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research ...

Arlington National Cemetery has purged its website of pages about notable Black, Hispanic and women veterans, as well as ...

Webb said her career has been defined not by personal ambition, but by a desire to create opportunities for others, ...

When I think about what we can learn from the Selma marches, the single most important advice I give is to listen to others.

Connection weaved through the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll and into the lives of several southern Illinoisans as a local ...

Ninety years to the day the Dorchester Academy’s boys dormitory was dedicated to the school’s first female principal, it now ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...

Reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march, highlighting the ongoing struggle for civil rights and ...

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...