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 Kathy Gaillard Pastor Richard D. Shaw grew up in Marion, AL, in the same birthplace of civil rights icons Coretta Scott King and Andrew Young’s wife (Jean Childs Young). […] ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Wednesday hosted a panel of politicians and activists to mark the 60th anniversary of the ...

Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now ...

S ELMA, Ala. ( WSFA) - In celebration and commemoration of the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips. The move will likely ...

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

Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the ...