A civil rights protest in Alabama this weekend was organized to kick off a summer of voter mobilization and civic action across the South.

This week marks the 61st anniversary of one of the most disturbing protests of the Civil Rights Movement. The 1965 Selma marches would later be known as “Bloody Sunday,” citing the violent attacks ...

Thousands of people gathered in Montgomery, Ala., to mobilize support for voting rights amid outrage over racial ...

Marching hand-and-hand, young and old took to the streets in Southside Bethlehem to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy during Monday’s Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights Movement March.

A crowd gathered at a pivotal site of defiance in the civil rights movement, this time in opposition to efforts by ...

Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer to the Civil Rights Movement and close adviser to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has died ...

From the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to a small-town high school that changed American law, Tennessee’s Civil Rights ...

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...