The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is bringing home some national recognition — and it all started with a trip to ...

The Safe Haven Center invites the Dallas County community to gather on the footsteps of Selma City Hall on Monday, April 6, for a prayer vigil in recognition of the 58th anniversary of Dr. Martin ...

Visiting the sites was especially profound at a time when other forces seek to erase, minimize, or redefine the complicated history that shapes this evolving experiment we know as the United States.

With legislation on the Senate floor designed to restrict voting rights, Republicans have changed their tune on the filibuster.

When I read about civil rights activist and minister Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. passing away earlier this month, I thought ...

When I read about civil rights activist and minister Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. passing away earlier this month, I thought about how almost all the heralded foot soldiers of the civil rights movement ...

On March 8, after six years of waiting, guests at Selma's Brown Chapel AME Church saw glimpses of restored beauty and history, and heard promises of much more to come this year.

The offices of the Des Moines Register’s opinion staff were mostly empty when my telephone rang late one afternoon about 15 years ago. The guard at the lobby security desk said two men were there and ...

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

Thousands gathered in Selma to honor the sacrifices made during Bloody Sunday and to continue the fight for civil and voting ...

Reports of weekend shooting incidents in Selma were not a topic of discussion. For many who gathered outside to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in commemoration of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting ...

Remembering Bernard Lafayette and his nonviolent yet relentless march for social justice and freedom throughout history.