A local unity rally is scheduled Sunday as part of nationwide observances expected over the next week to commemorate the 60th ...

WASHINGTON — Federal agencies on Friday rushed to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curtailing diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The executive orders ...

The history of Black people in Alabama is long, but for decades the teaching of that history was distorted and far from ...

Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day) is always a special time at FedEx, where we celebrate the life and legacy of the civil ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

from Edmund Pettus Bridge to the Alabama State Capitol steps. Those are the same steps where a crowd of 25,000 heard Martin Luther King Jr. and others speak about the need for voting rights. A limited ...

Black History Month was first officially recognized in February 1976 by then-President Gerald Ford. 39 years later, under the ...

Chicago's Pullman porters formed the first all-Black labor union in the U.S., paving the way for civil rights advancements. A ...