While inside the Capitol there is a bust of former Gov. Lurleen Wallace, there were no monuments to women on the Capitol ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with a statue outside the Alabama State ...

From Selma to Birmingham, Saturday's demonstrations drew those unhappy with the state of the nation's leadership to the ...

Young ran for Congress, winning in 1972 before being appointed as ambassador to the United Nations by President Jimmy Carter.

The civil rights movement that gained strength in the 1960s was marked by citizen activism – as well as police violence ...

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