For those who'd like to tour Tuscaloosa's Civil Rights Trail, but either haven't been able to organize a group jaunt or find ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.

From massive protests against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1960s to the fight against police brutality, African Americans have advocated for equality for decades. In the ...

In the early 1960s, community members and UNC students held protests at what is now the Peace and Justice Plaza.

On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, and Shomari C. Figures of Alabama ...

A history of protecting society’s most vulnerable. The SPLC was founded in 1971 to ensure that the promise of the civil rights movement became a reality for all. By the late 1960s, the civil rights ...

Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan." ...

As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was becoming the voice of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s ... in a tight race against former NFL star Herschel Walker. Warnock drew on his Georgia upbringing ...