Black lawmakers have to work with a system that has no interest in honoring our real past, one that forces terrible choices on them. Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, got the Legislature to make Martin ...

Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for ...

The city of East Ridge is expanding its community center. It received a Local Park and Recreation Fund grant from the state ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Those who walked in the reenactment of the last leg of the marcH were inspired by the ...

Fifty or more Syracusans, led by Father Charles Brady, took real risks to make our society more just, says the letter writer.

Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium.

Explore Harriet Tubman's legacy as a freedom fighter. Discover her role in the Underground Railroad and beyond.

A Women’s History Month event planned for Thursday will honor the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March.

March 25, 1965, marked a turning point in history. America's civil rights leaders completed their 54-mile march from Selma, ...

The Jackson Home, originally in Selma, Alabama was a crucial place in the fight for true freedom for African-Americans.  It's ...

“As the home of the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, the SPLC has fought in our courts, our schools and our communities to teach true American history. We will not allow this administration ...

Credit: Gordon School Each winter, eighth grade students at the Gordon School take a trip to Alabama and Georgia to visit historic ... and classmates journaling at the Civil Rights Memorial outside ...