Famous birthdays for March 11: Terrence Howard, Johnny Knoxville
1 of 2 | Terrence Howard touches his star during an unveiling ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on ...
RIPR: The Public's Radio12d
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Civil rights demonstrators, led by Dr. Martin Luther King (5th R), civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy (5th L), John Lewis ...
Press-Republican7d
$8.5 million awarded to preserve 30 Historically Black Churches across the U.S.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...
WRVO13d
Newly restored photos show the ruin of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma on its 60th anniversary
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center left), Rev. Ralph Abernathy (center right), and Archbishop Iakovos (far right) attend a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio13d
Newly restored photos show the ruin of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma on its 60th anniversary
A woman laid out in the street, unconscious. Troopers lined up, armed with batons. A telegram from Massachusetts reacting to the violence. As a twentysomething freelance journalist at the ...
Palm Beach Post24d
Martin Luther King Jr. visited Florida many times. Here's what happened when he was jailed
King arrived in May 1964 to rally with them. He was arrested on June 11 with civil rights leaders the Rev. Ralph Abernathy when they asked for service at a segregated restaurant. He then was moved ...
Post and Courier12d
Faith column: The discipline of nonviolence
Saints of this era — such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Rev. Ralph Abernathy or the late congressman John Lewis — vehemently resisted the violence and white supremacy of their ...