First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

It watched them march to the Alabama State Capitol building, leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and now ...

The annual wreath-laying ceremony in Montgomery honored Civil Rights martyrs and the late John Lewis 61 years after Bloody ...

TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM.AT AGE 15, CLAUDETTE COLVIN REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A SEGREGATED BUS IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, AND WAS ARRESTED ON ...

Monday, March 2 marked the 71st anniversary of the stand taken by 15-year-old Claudette Colvin on a bus in Montgomery; about ...

Jamal Bryant put a bullseye on Target’s back. One year ago this week, the Atlanta megachurch pastor called on his ...

NAACP Reading Branch President Wynton Butler will deliver a talk on the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the ...

A Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, woman created a “dangerous situation” for more than 50 children as she operated a school bus in Montgomery County while she had elevated levels of alcohol ...

The Museum of Christian & Gospel Music is designated as a site along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, announced by the ...

Burgess Bailey’s journey through the region aims to educate both himself and community members about the contributions, ...

Sit-ins. Court cases. Historic churches and people. These and more are now preserved in murals and markers along the new East Baton Rouge Parish Black History Trail System, which local leaders ...

Phillip Hoose, author of the National Book Award-winning 'Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,' pays tribute to the legendary civil rights activist, who died on January 13.