On March 7, 1965 protestors for African American voting rights were attacked by law enforcement officers in Selma, Alabama.

The historic city of Selma, Alabama, is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors for the 60th anniversary commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” and the subsequent Selma-to-Montgomery ...

He was among the first rows of people who crossed the Edmond Pettus Bridge on what is known as "Bloody Sunday." ...

a young minister asked the day I was there ... that might bring federal intervention on a large scale. When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support of the Freedom Democratic ...

This interview is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news ...

Coretta Scott King is often remembered as a devoted wife and mother, yet she was also a committed activist in her own right.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s bold quest to fight for peace across the nation and for all people to be treated equally led to the Civil Rights Movement. Although his acts of selflessness cemented his name ...