He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - WBRC 6 News is On Your Side Connecting Causes during the month of February. In honor of Black History Month, WBRC is providing a list of African American Heritage locations ...

After completing a Diploma in Youth and Community Work in Birmingham, he was appointed as a youth worker by Bristol City Council. In 1963, he led the city's bus boycott, rallying thousands to ...

A Tuscaloosa City Schools bus driver is accused of assaulting a special needs student in an incident captured on video. Samuel L. Jones, 74, is charged with a felony count of assault/willful abuse ...

That began to change on Dec. 1, 1955 — 70 years ago next December — when one woman on a Montgomery, Alabama ... busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks ...

Boycott holidays to Spain ... I've unfortunately met quite a few Spanish in my time, and like Al roca, they are not very nice, so quite frankly, it put me off!" "If it weren’t for Britain ...

Asda has sparked a backlash among loyal customers after making a change to its rewards scheme. Asda, which is rivalled by Lidl, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Tesco and more, has moved to axe its Star ...