VALPARAISO | Watching the Oscar-nominated American historical drama film "Selma" is an emotional experience for many viewers, even those born long after the events based on the 1965 Selma to ...

The likely GOP nominee is touring economically distressed parts of the country. SELMA, Ala., April 21, 2008— -- Far from the Democratic battlefield of Pennsylvania, Sen. John McCain, the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on ...

AP Photo/John Minchillo SELMA, Ala. -- Crowds gather on March 7, 2015, before a speech by President Barack Obama marking the 50th anniversary "Bloody Sunday," a civil rights march in which protesters ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on ...

While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.

On March 25, 2015, around 3,000 marchers participated in a commemorative march starting at Montgomery's City of St. Jude and ending at the Capitol Building in Downtown Montgomery, Ala., reenacting the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March ...

One of the greatest heroes in the long fight for civil rights and equality in Northwest Florida, Rev. H.K. Matthews passed ...

1. Harnessing great power : Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes a fair employment practices committee, 1941. (Executive Order 8802 reaffirming policy of full participation in the defense program by all ...

A single event didn’t define the American civil rights movement; it was a sustained, courageous fight for equality that spanned decades. At the heart of this movement were peaceful demonstrations, ...