When I think about what we can learn from the Selma marches, the single most important advice I give is to listen to others.

In honor of the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Annual Memorial Program will be held at 6 p.m. April 3 at the King Monument Plaza, corner of South  Ashley Street and Martin Luther ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...

Watch Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook, Civil Rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speak at Concord United Methodist Church on March 12, 2025.

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

Narratives about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s often highlight the influence of the Black church.

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

My schedule has been erratic this winter while I deal with some of that real-world stuff, which I’ll have some more to say about it in a near-future newsletter or column. Meanwhile, the fight for a ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...

The next morning, more consequences awaited Cunningham at Male High School. The principal, Williams Standford Milburn, called ...