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Bethel Baptist Church awarded $650K for interactive space to share story of the Civil Rights ...
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 18 hours agoThe award will go towards the church’s restoration fund for a project called “Memorizing Historic...
Is the future of the civil rights movement in question?
WFMJ Youngstown· 3 days agoA local historian feels the future of civil rights could soon be hanging in the balance.
From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoQ: How have we benefited from Dr. King's life? We are the inheritors of his wisdom and courage, and...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....
Martin Luther King Jr.'s son blasts North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“You go down there, and you sit at the lunch counter, and you demand for these people to take your...
Martin Luther King III knocks North Carolina’s Mark Robinson in new ads
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHuman rights activist Martin Luther King III is slamming North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate...
2 sisters, a farmer and a dentist are among those honored with Freedom Trail markers
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoOn Friday, the legacy of sisters Dorie Ladner and Joyce Ladner will be commemorated with a marker in...
Atlanta civil rights leader known for using megaphone at protests dies: City Councilmember
WXIA-TV Atlanta· 15 hours agoAtlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond issued a heartfelt statement Saturday on the passing...
Civil rights icon Andrew Young shares insights at Kansas Bar Association meeting
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFortunately, they didn’t recognize him. The next day, Young and Martin Luther King Jr. were hosting...
Opinion: James Lawson and the enduring lessons of nonviolence
Los Angeles Times· 7 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., who died last week, was a legendary hero of the civil rights movement; the...