The SCLC was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and others, to create a regional organization that could better ...

Members of the National Southern Christian Leadership and other civil rights advocates called for more support to help save the historic landmark.

Members of the National Southern Christian Leadership and other civil rights advocates called for more support to help save the historic landmark.

Martin Luther King Jr. inspired the nation with his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech — a powerful vision for equality.  Almost 62 years ...

On May 2, 1963, roughly 1,000 Birmingham students left their classrooms and took to the streets, taking on the fight for civil rights in place of their parents in what would later be known as the ...

For those who disapprove of his tactics, who prefer mercy for the marginalized and who wish to fight back but don’t know how, ...

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian ...

Union leaders rally for International Workers Day, highlighting the intersection of civil rights and worker rights. A legacy of solidarity and justice.

Unpacking the logic of from's National Garden of American Heroes honoring figures from Christopher Columbus to Whitney ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March ...

Annapolis officials and civil rights leaders will unveil a monument to Parren J. Mitchell, Maryland’s first African-American ...

Clayborn Temple in Memphis is known for the 1968 march for sanitation workers’ rights with Dr. King - four days after he was ...