As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew ...

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were significant in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing important figures in Mississippi's history, including Medgar ...

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to ...

Holder. Shelby County effectively nullified Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which had forestalled certain jurisdictions (primarily in areas with a history of discriminatory voting laws) from ...

I don’t want another person to go through what I did. I want the God-given dignity of all men and women recognized by the ...

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.

The UCLA Voting Rights Project and Morfin Law Firm in Kennewick ... Franklin County has a history of ethnic and racial tension between the county’s white and Latino communities, the lawsuit ...

Video above: Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers and King of the Blues, B.B. King were given a centennial celebration for all of their contributions to Mississippi.In honor of Black History Month ...