The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
BBC - Signed by manager Brian Epstein, it specifies that The Beatles 'not be required to perform in front of a segregated audience'...
Birmingham church marks bombing anniversary
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Members of an Alabama church that was bombed early in the civil rights movement observed the 48th anniversary of the attack Thursday by dedicating a stone marker at the site of the blast that killed four black girls...
Va. high court considers ex-MLK confidant's case
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Baptist minister, Bevel was a leader in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
5 years later, Jena 6 move on
JENA, La. (AP) - Things have mostly gotten back to normal in this community of about 3,000 people, which became the site of a massive civil rights protest that attracted thousands in September 2007...
Why women were crucial to civil rights movement
OPINION - A long list of 'unsung' black heroines marched, sat, rode, bled and died in the struggle for equality during the civil rights movement...
Perry retreat co-host: don't credit King on civil rights
From TheGRIO - Texas Gov. Rick Perry will attend a retreat with a controversial evangelical "historian" who doubts Martin Luther King deserves credit for civil rights advances...
King aides bound to dedicate MLK Memorial
ATLANTA (AP) - With Lewis leaning on his shovel, and Jackson and Young leaning on each other, they wept for how far they had come and for what they had lost...
Education as the next civil rights movement
OPINION - Our ancestors were beaten, maimed and killed during slavery, when it was illegal to teach a slave to read. That this is now our reality is shameful...
Perry compares civil rights movement to tax cuts
OPINION - To compare the noble goals of the civil rights movement to the nefarious political strategies of GOP hacks and dirty tricksters who fight against civil rights is the ultimate cynical move...
Slideshow: Americans pay tribute at MLK memorial
SLIDESHOW - The public got its first glimpse of the Martin Luther king Jr. memorial on Monday...
