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.

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The expansion of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail illustrates how all the facets of the Civil Rights Movement unfolded in ...

Organizers of the efforts to boycott Target Corporation say the boycott that began in in February 2025 has not ended.

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

SELMA, ALABAMA — 7 March, 1965: Scene Bloody Sunday” march, during which civil rights demonstrators attempting to begin a 50 ...

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, once again got himself removed from President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, but he did get his message out Tuesday night, and he believes it is akin to Dr. Martin ...

It’s impossible to talk about public transportation in the month of February without recognizing Feb. 4, 1913, the birthdate of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks. More than 70 years have passed since Parks ...

Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.

ST. LOUIS – On President’s Day, faith leaders turned reflection into action. While police shut down the MLK Bridge downtown, demonstrators urged everyone to see immigrants as people, instead of policy ...

The recent manifestation of protest at the MLK proclamation has led to visible tension within City Council. They are now preparing to vote on a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month.

On Friday at 1:30pm, MLK Labor and Troublemakers Community will gather outside the downtown Seattle Target to protest the Minneapolis-based brand’s ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s ...