With more local history made this week — first Black Urbana mayor elected (DeShawn Williams), first Black Champaign Central ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

The Bridge Crossing Jubilee begins in less than a week, and those wanting to participate in the signature Bloody Sunday march ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s bold quest to fight for peace across the nation and for all people to be treated equally led to the Civil Rights Movement. Although his acts of selflessness cemented his name ...

As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I ...

Strikers marched on Main Street as a result, and a standoff with police began. Officers used clubs and mace on the protestors ...

The Central District commissioner for the Mississippi Department of Transportation challenged students and faculty at ...

He was among the first rows of people who crossed the Edmond Pettus Bridge on what is known as "Bloody Sunday." ...

We are in the grip of deepening darkness, wandering in a wilderness without a moral compass. There is need for places where ...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Chapter 0869, Newport, will meet at the Middletown ...

The Rochester Parks and Recreation Department is offering a chance to learn more about enhancements to the Dr. Martin Luther ...

He was a major activist in the civil rights movement, strove mightily for equal rights for Black people, and called for equal-paying jobs, equal housing, and equal health care for all. His unyielding ...