The Voting Rights Act, a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, turns 60 this week. It’s not in good shape.

Members of First Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Street, the first Black Baptist Church in Selma and one of the first ...

Burr & Forman pledged $150,000 to the University of Alabama School of Law for the Path Makers Legacy Plaza. The plaza will honor the school's first three Black graduates: Michael Anthony Figures, ...

A single event didn’t define the American civil rights movement; it was a sustained, courageous fight for equality that ...

Alabama prisoners who say they are unfairly penalized for being HIV-positive are taking their accusations of discrimination to federal court today. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union ...

As the world commemorates the 60th anniversary of the seminal events at Selma a fascinating new study has cast fresh light on ...

News Years before ‘Bloody’ Selma, John Lewis prayed to end segregation in Cairo, IL Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said Friday that the University of Alabama was under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights for allegedly offering ...