The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...

Narratives about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s often highlight the influence of the Black church.

John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.

Civil rights are not reversible. Once the ratchet of rights has been opened, they cannot tighten. This was the argument of Martin Luther King, Jr, who stated numerous times, including after the famous ...

This month, our nation remembers the heroes of Selma, Alabama.  Sixty years ago, they marched for voting rights, survived brutal beatings, and inspired the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Alongside Martin Luther King in that pivotal moment for civil rights marched Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas Iakovos.

On Sunday, March 9, civil rights leaders gathered at the City Hall steps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Edmund Pettus.

Discover the trailblazing efforts of Carole Simpson, Dorothy Gilliam, Belva Davis, and Melba Tolliver, who broke barriers in ...

We Are Also in Bondage Here: Black Women in the Washington Civil Rights Movement Thursday March 13, 2025 at 6 pm via Zoom REGISTER HERE In the 1960s, Freddie Mae Gautier wrote to Martin Luther King Jr ...

More than a year after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions, a controversial education reformer ...