The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law on Aug. 6, 1965, after marchers were beaten in Selma.
People in Selma are kicking off a week-long celebration commemorating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Over 150 Big Ten athletes celebrated the reopening of the Ronnie Sharpe Park Basketball Court and learned civil rights history in Selma
In honor of the 64th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, a new community mural has been unveiled at the Freedom Rides Museum in downtown Montgomery.
Legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray has been honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association in Montgomery.
People from across the country spent the weekend in Montgomery to mark the 60th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights.
Alabama U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-7th District) is planning to try once again to establish a federal holiday in memory of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks.
“Southern Living” magazine has named the Equal Justice Initiative’s Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery as a top 25 place to visit.
Holt Street Baptist Church has opened a new museum as part of the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The city of Montgomery will honor the memory of Rosa Parks and the 69th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Monday.
