The 26th annual international Jewish film festival, presented by the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, starts Feb. 20 and ...

As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn't blind to the fact racism existed. But he also knew freedom ...

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

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.

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 Struggle for Democracy. To ...

Among the events in the exhibit photographs are James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi, the Selma to Montgomery marches, the sanitation workers’ strike, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...

Discover inspiring stories of young heroes who made a difference, honouring Black achievements and resilience throughout ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech on justice at SMU's packed McFarlin Auditorium in 1966.

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

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 ...

By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...