After long struggle, MLK has home on National Mall
WASHINGTON (AP) - The road to this weekend's dedication, however, has run through hurdles of all kinds -- not unlike the long struggle over King's legacy itself...
Station tied to Emmett Till killing to be restored
MONEY, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is providing $152,000 to restore a gas station as part of the story of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago...
African-American Civil War Museum reopening in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - The African American Civil War Museum in Washington is celebrating its grand reopening in a new, larger location...
Slideshow: Icons of black American independence
SLIDESHOW - With the upcoming celebration of Independence Day, there are activists who paved the way for our independence as a people...
Coretta Scott King's older sister dies in Pa.
ATLANTA (AP) - She had been an active member of the board of directors for the Atlanta-based King Center since it was founded in 1968...
'X-Men: First Class' symbolizes comic book industry’s racism
Despite the fact that the X-Men's story is based on the Civil Rights movement, racism and discrimination, there is no African-American presence in the latest movie at all...
Can we live in a world without Motown?
OPINION - When the Civil Rights Movement needed a soundtrack, it supplemented the hallowing sounds of gospel music to deliver an in-your-face sound that crumbled down walls...
Oklahoma Civil Rights icon Clara Luper dies at 88
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma civil rights icon Clara Luper, who led sit-ins at drug store lunch counters in Oklahoma, has died. She was 88...
Why the Freedom Riders matter more than ever
OPINION - What must it have been like to board segregated buses 50 years ago, when indignities and insults were the norm?...
Where are the modern Freedom Riders?
OPINION - If young people were willing to risk their lives 50 years ago for the cause of equal rights, where are the youth activists of today willing to do the same?...
