A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of ...

Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., a longtime civil rights strategist who helped organize the campaign in Selma, Alabama that ...

A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

At 11, she was one of the youngest at the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march in Selma, Ala., and was injured while ...

Bernard LaFayette, who is known for participating in the Freedom Rides and overseeing the voter registration campaign in ...

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated lunch counters in 1960.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

"Something's got to take place in your life that will shake you up and turn you around." ...