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 ...

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 ...

As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

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

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were ...

Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court ...

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 ...

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an ...

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.

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

Attorney Marc Elias condemned Elon Musk for enabling authoritarianism and vowed to continue his legal fight for democracy ...