John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in Troy, Alabama, in 1940. He would listen to the broadcasts of Martin Luther King Jr.

One of the most famous events of the Civil Rights Movement, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought about a ...

He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

Two Hunter alumni, Devashish “Dave” Basnet ’22 and Alexis Fisher ’21, have been chosen for the John Robert Lewis Scholars & ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

I took a tour group to Alabama in 2015 to trace the American Civil Rights Trail, running in a triangle from Birmingham to Montgomery to Selma and back to Birmingham.

They came toward us. Beating us with nightsticks, trampled by horses, releasing the tear gas. I thought I was gonna die on ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church in New York ...

In recent years, several streets in Nashville have been renamed after prominent Republicans and Democrats, including former President Ronald Reagan and civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

Kelsey Grammer recently revealed to the New York Post the reason why he had a 30-year falling out with “Cheers” co-star Ted ...

Broadway melodies along with the sounds of jazz, R&B, hip-hop, soul, and reggae will be filling concert venues with joyful ...