Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ...

About 1,000 miles away, in Selma, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting rights march to the state capitol, Montgomery. It was a just cause ...

Martin Luther King Jr. that day, taking it upon themselves ... which launched what is recognized now as the Selma Voting Rights Campaign. It was led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...

Selma 1965 Presenter, Jim Hall, is a life-long resident of New Mexico. Jim grew up at Ghost Ranch Conference Center where his ...

In the third week of his drive to register Negro voters in Selma, Ala., and environs,the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. deliberately set out to get himself and his followers arrested. He succeedd ...

As this story is filed on Feb. 18, it is a reminder that on this date in 1965, Malcolm X delivered his final public address at Barnard College, three days before he was assassinated at the Audubon ...

Stevens dedicated a week to service, education and reflection, advancing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of justice, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Gathering. The gathering focused on the concept of the “beloved ... Owens said Gandhi’s Salt ...