A group of civil rights leaders has announced a new March on Washington to fight for voting rights.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scott King served with civil rights groups throughout her time as a student at Antioch College and the New England Conservatory of ...

On Tuesday, the National Action Network and other civil rights leaders revealed they will soon host a march to defend voting ...

Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King say the Aug. 28 march is a response to ...

ATLANTA — Georgia was at the center of the fight for civil rights and throughout the decades, WSB has been committed to covering the movement. Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would ...

Rev Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III to lead August march after court rulings weakened voting rights ...

Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s side when he was shot, has died. She was 78 and died on July 9. Ester Grew up in Memphis ...

Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. His words and actions have left a lasting mark on ...

The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Martin Luther King's first public address, 1955 -- Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1960 -- Freedom rides I: the Nashville initiative, 1961 ...

It is impossible to overlook the pivotal role Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played not only as the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement but also as its strategic and political architect. While his ...

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