Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protestsDella Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama, but she says she clearly remembers the police attacking the demonstrators.
Is Florida safe for Black people? Some at NAACP say it isn’t and want a travel advisoryA group of civil rights activists in Florida is urging Black people around the world to avoid visiting or moving to their state, and they want a recognizable travel advisory.
Mamie King-Chalmers, woman in civil rights photo, dies at 81Civil rights activist Mamie King-Chalmers has died in Detroit at the age of 81.
A look back at the extraordinary life of Martin Luther King Jr., in photosWe celebrate Martin Luther King Day around the activist’s January birthday, which is Jan. 15.