There was our guiding light: The 14th Amendment, passed 100 years earlier. It extended citizenship to all persons born on ...

During the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants were vital for protesters and organizers to gather. Here are some of the most ...

The Supreme Court delayed ruling on a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that some legal experts say could end up ...

From pig ears to "white sauce" to the legendary ribs that fed the civil rights movement, Alabama has a diverse and tangy ...

From pig ears to "white sauce" to the legendary ribs that fed the civil rights movement, Alabama has a diverse and tangy culinary history. Here are the best places to get a taste.

In this episode of Our Journey Forward, we focus on "The Bridge," one of the most powerful and emotional moments of our ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. TV reporters and photographers were there ...

SELMA, Alabama — Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were assaulted by Alabama state troopers and police as they ...

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965.

“The Voting Rights Act of 1965 became a reality in August of 1965 because of what happened on March 7th of 1965,” Clyburn said. “We are at an inflection point in this country,” he added.

While campaigning for president, Biden promised to support legislation to bolster the protection of voting rights, and in 2021, he supported the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.