Discover Barack Obama's journey from community organizer to first African American US President. Legacy and impact.

The Alabama city that achieved infamy because of state troopers’ violence towards peaceful protesters in 1965 is struggling to find ways to reverse its steep decline ...

In 2015, President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the march by delivering a speech at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. It is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Selma to ...

Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...

Bloody Sunday, civil rights activists warn that the right to vote is in peril due to political attacks and restrictive laws.

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The Democratic rebuttal to President Donald Trump's speech before Congress came from Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a first-term ...

While conservative House Republicans have in the past dug in and opposed such spending bills, forcing Mr. Johnson to rely on ...