Reflecting on the catalyst for civil justice, Frank Smith Jr. credits Rosa Parks' strength for igniting the Civil Rights ...

Seventy years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, you can honor her memory on a Knoxville bus.

Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. But although Montgomery now embraces its history of bus boycotts and protest marches, it remains one of the most ...

Community members are invited to come and stand with the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute next week by ...

This weekend Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, with a series of events in the state’s capital city intended to cause reflection, ...

In the basement of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., my young friend Jayden and I stood mesmerized by a sprawling mural that chronicles the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...

I commend Dr. Bryan Stevenson and his Equal Justice Initiative for erecting statues in Montgomery to honor civil rights heroes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mrs. Rosa Parks, and Congressman John Lewis.

The Southern Courier dared to report on civil rights news in ways other publications would not. The Southern Courier, a Montgomery newspaper launched during the Civil Rights Movement, will receive a ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has added a statue of civil rights icon John Lewis to its Legacy Plaza in Montgomery. The plaza, which occupies a city block across the street from the EJI’s Legacy ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery County is the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement where, even behind bars, history has been made. The original mugshots of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Montgomery-based Civil Rights Era newspaper has received a historical marker honoring its coverage of historical events. Ellen Lake wrote for Harvard University’s newspaper ...