The new song’s composer thought it could be a way to again hear from Black churches, collectively, about civil rights.

The day's events, organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, include a breakfast, a march and a rally.

Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. It set her on a path to ...

The church was the starting point for the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches in 1965. Nearly a quarter of the trail’s sites are in Alabama, a place many consider ground zero for the civil ...

Sister Melinda Pellerin of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield and a Pioneer Valley Project board member pours water to ...

Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.PersonalBirth date: January 15, 1929Death ...

The church in downtown Montgomery that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once led is celebrating his birthday and honoring his ...

The funeral service for former Atlanta Braves outfielder Albert Hall is scheduled for 11 a.m. CST Monday at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Birmingham. Hall died on Tuesday at age 67. On Sept. 23, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta. His father, a church pastor in the segregated south, was a significant influence on his son. In ...

Evie Fendley Thomas, age 84, of Hoover, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham.