1. Martin Luther King Jr. Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and theologian who became the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement. His ideology was rooted ...

Civil Rights Act aimed to prevent workplace discrimination. Trump says it promotes bias and will stop enforcing it.

President Trump has taken steps to nullify a key component to the Civil Rights Act as he works to remove diversity, equity ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - An Americus-based group has plans to transform what was once an old colored hospital into a Civil ...

The NAACP’s Vancouver branch is celebrating its 80th anniversary this month with a new exhibit at the Clark County Historical Museum. “This Is Our Legacy” opened with a reception April 11 and will be ...

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would further weaken civil rights protections and make it ...

Francis’s liberal views on LGBTQ people in the church and women potentially serving as ordained deacons — something he was willing to discuss but never approved — could spark a retrenchment.

The latest phase of the Starbucks Workers United campaign includes sit-ins at stores, where union members have been arrested.

The Americus-Sumter County Movement Remembered Committee wants to build this center to house historical documents from the civil rights era ... Black hospital. The timeline for opening the ...

On the evening of March 25, 1965, Viola Liuzzo, the 39-year-old mother of five children, was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan ...

April 30 will mark 50 years since the Fall of Saigon. It was the day South Vietnam’s capital city was captured, bringing an ...

Following in her footsteps were the women who made a difference in our city by taking the lead during the Civil Rights Movement. Topping that list is Maxine Smith, who was a brilliant and gutsy ...