Tennessee has long been a battleground for courageous, strategic, and non-violent direct action – from the Clinton 12 to the ...

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

She was the superintendent of the Sunday school at First Congregational Church of Atlanta; board chair of the Jean Young Institute for Youth Leadership in Atlanta; served on the board of the historic ...

As the world commemorates the 60th anniversary of the seminal events at Selma a fascinating new study has cast fresh light on ...

Hinds County Deputy Martin Luther Shields Jr., 37, was fatally shot on Feb. 23 while responding to a domestic dispute call. Hundreds of people, including Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, attended ...

It was very difficult to keep going when all our efforts seemed in vain,” Rosa Parks described her work in the 1940s and ...

Young was Georgia’s first Black congressional representative in more than a century; former United Nations Ambassador; 53rd Atlanta mayor.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Andrew Young - civil rights giant, Georgia’s first Black congressional representative in more than a century, former United Nations Ambassador, and 53rd mayor of ...

March 11 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include: Advertisement -- Actor Dorothy Gish in 1898 -- Musician Lawrence Welk in 1903 -- Civil rights leader Ralph ...

Rev. Ralph Abernathy, James Forman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Jesse Douglas lead the voting rights march to the Montgomery County Courthouse. James "Spider" Martin was assigned by the ...

SEABROOK ISLAND — Six decades ago, a protest march attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., became a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Bloody Sunday, as the event ...