HARLEM (WABC) -- At Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem, they're studying the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous march for the right to vote, thanks to a program called "Selma in Schools", a ...
How Meeting Martin Luther King Jr. Changed my Life” will be presented on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Church of the Good Shepherd ...
The late Rep. John Lewis noted in a 2015 interview that King had a great deal of trust in Douglas' ability to coordinate the needs of the movement's logistics ...
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights. She and several other Black teenagers were with the Rev. Martin ...
Lionel Richie opened up about growing up during the civil rights movement in an interview with The Guardian on Oct. 4.
Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Voting Rights and Protest; 1. Black Voters and the Federal Voting Rights Enforcement Effort ...
NEW YORK CITY -- 55 years ago, in the spring of 1965, Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest civil rights marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery. She was jailed nine ...
From being a preacher in an Atlanta Baptist church to one of the most quoted Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey was heavily covered by The Tennessean. Although many associate ...
During Selma's 60th anniversary of the voting rights campaign, civil rights activists prepare for a second Donald Trump presidency. Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Linda Lowery was ...