March 7, 1965 -- approximately 600 peaceful demonstrators approached the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. They had begun their procession less than a mile away at the Brown Chapel A ...

Like democracy, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 didn’t come with a lifetime warranty. The survival of both depends on our vigilance in protecting the vote, democracy’s most important lifeline.

By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Guest Columnist. Sixty years ago, March 15, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson, during a Joint Session of Congress said, “At times history and fa ...

To ensure voters are informed, the League of Women Voters of Alabama and the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign teamed up to hold a mayoral candidates forum. More than 60 years ago, civil rights leaders ...

Sixty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This was one of the most ...

An Alabama home where civil rights leaders planned marches in the 1960s has been reconstructed in its entirety in Dearborn.

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, the fragility of our rights and democracy is clear, but if ever there was a time to do ...

Brevard couple who investigators say were shot to death by their grandson were strong on faith, family and civil rights ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Announces Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. In Indianapolis on April 4th, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced to a waiting crowd that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated ...