"I've never been here to Ebenezer Church, and I would love to go inside," said Nakia Graham to 11Alive, who traveled from ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 30, 1915, former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox was born. Maddox became the governor of Georgia in 1966, but he has a bit of a complicated political history. As a ...

1949: Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino, aka “Tokyo Rose,” whose family lived in Chicago, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. She was convicted on one count of treason for broadcasting ...

Long before his music career, Lionel Richie was a child in the segregated South. Now, in his new memoir, he reflects on how being shielded from the civil rights movement still shaped who he became.

Lionel Richie says his parents stopped him from marching with Martin Luther King Jr. The singer recalled longing to be part ...

Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther King Jr. — but his parents stopped him. While discussing his newly released ...

Knoxville College has a long and significant history, from students' civil rights activism to hosting notable speakers over the years.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WCSC) - Four Black children were killed and more than a dozen were hurt in a bombing at a Birmingham, Alabama, church during the Civil Rights movement. The bomb exploded in a back ...

Brookland’s Sherwood Farmhouse, built in 1885, has stood vacant since 2015, hidden from public view. It survives thanks to ...

On a hot summer day a little over six decades ago ... you because you're getting ready to go before an audience as Martin Luther King Jr. who's only one of the most famous people in modern history, ...

An exercise in 1968 by third-grade teacher Jane Elliott was the spark for the upcoming "A Contract in Color" play by Resilience Productions.