Forgotten openly gay activist spearheaded the historic 1963 March on Washington, which had an estimated 250,000 attendees.

The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis will live on across America Thursday, with more than 1,600 events scheduled on the ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 60s. His words and actions have left a lasting ...

The West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Northwest Atlanta, a site deeply rooted in the Civil Rights Movement, may soon be ...

In the midst of the passing of the Civil Rights Act, as it was being filibustered on the Senate floor, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X crossed paths on Capitol Hill.

President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X pictured during their first and only meeting, ... Rising to prominence at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, ...