Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama.
Events at VMI began with the 4th Class cadets viewing the film, “Here I Am, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels.” Col.
The Selma to Montgomery March and Bloody Sunday deserve to be remembered for their importance to civil rights in the U.S.
Montgomerians marched in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. along Dexter Avenue on Monday to honor the civil rights leader in a parade that was delayed nearly a month from MLK Day in ...
Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, a key turning point in American history transpired in the heart of Alabama, when hundreds of peaceful demonstrators marching for Black voting rights were violently ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...
Chanda Fehler was last seen on June 10, 1987, at a pool on UA's campus. Her body was found days later in the Black Warrior ...
The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s ...