(This story has been refiled to remove the video) By Donna Bryson SELMA, Alabama, May 18 (Reuters) - Betty Strong Boynton ...

Recently, I have been listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s engaging memoir, “An Unfinished Love Story,” which chronicles her husband Dick Goodwin’s experiences as advisor and speech writer to both John ...

Boomers growing up in an era of rising Black political power thought America had changed for good. What went wrong?

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” President Lyndon ...

From Birmingham to Selma to Montgomery, eight historic landmarks trace the courage, sacrifice, and strategy that drove one of ...

A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in ...

Andrew Young, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. for voting rights, has strong words for the Supreme Court but tells CNN he remains undaunted in his hopes for America.

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the civil rights movement. By Sonia A. Rao The Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of ...

As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists ...

From the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to a small-town high school that changed American law, Tennessee’s Civil Rights ...

Women from Fannie Lou Hamer to Kamala Harris warned America about threats to democracy. What happens when we finally listen?

In a 6-3 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district, ruling it an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling has significant ...