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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Twenty-five teens sought for Boxser Diversity Initative immersive experience, which includes travel to historic sites in Alabama.

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

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 ...