I don’t pretend to have the answer, but we could do worse than look to the experience of Martin Luther King Jr. during an equally pivotal and scary moment in our history. One core insight is that the ...

Coretta Scott King died in 2006 at the age of 78 from complications with ovarian cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer ...

He isn’t famous, though arguably he should be. “J.T. was a personal assistant to Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy,” ...

The Alabama Men’s Hall of Fame will induct three new members with ties to the state on September 16. This year's inductees ...

For all the differences between Kirk and Martin Luther King Jr., both men were peaceful champions for unity and a civil public square.

Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell spoke about Bishop Woods' life on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Woods was remembered as a guiding light for many, a pastor and activist, who marched ...

On the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 17, Civil Rights Movement attorney Fred Gray spoke at Auburn University’s annual ...

At a time when such truth-telling in museums and cultural institutions is being characterized as “divisive,” I’m grateful for all those who know that racial healing depends on acknowledging our ...

On September 15, 1963, a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls: Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), ...

History lives on almost every corner in Selma, Alabama, and the city invites visitors to celebrate its heritage (and makes it easy with a self-guided audio tour; download the brochure from ...

A church in the segregated Deep South was the scene of an attack that shaped the civil-rights movement, says Fergus ...

On a Sunday morning in 1963, a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan tore through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four little girls, Addie Mae Collins, ...