Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...

"In 50 years, when none of us are here, people will want to pay homage [to Obama's presidency]. This was a crucial time in ...

Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, 600 marchers protesting for voting equality left the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma ...

It is a phrase that can be overdone. Not every excess of law enforcement is comparable to the actions of the Gestapo, Adolf ...

The Alabama portion of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail leads the nation in the number of civil rights heritage sites and in how ...

The initiative has spent the last few years improving Selma, from beautification projects to helping local entrepreneurs.

Mary McBride-Lee, whom President Barack Obama recognized for her work during the civil rights movement, wrote "At the Foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge." 7 charged in 2024 Pennsylvania voter ...

David Greenberg has produced a biography of John Lewis that, if not quite definitive, is still the gold standard by which all ...

Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown says a coalition is rising up against Trump's MAGA agenda and that "now is the ...

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a racially charged Louisiana voting rights case last month, down on its ground floor ...

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from Atlanta, Georgia to Selma, Alabama and all the way to our nation’s capital in ...