Rosa Parks

Voters in rural Alabama will soon cast historic votes this November. It’s the first-time residents in the newly redrawn Congressional District two will pick their member of the U.S. House. It took a fight before the U.S. Supreme Court to create the new map to better represent African Americans in Congress. This may sound like a one-of-a-kind event, but it’s not.

The Equal Justice Initiative will unveil a new statue honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Legacy Plaza on Friday, June 14. The statue will be the first full-sized sculpture of Dr. King in Montgomery.

Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday.

The Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a new statue honoring civil rights legend Rosa Parks at Legacy Plaza, across from the Legacy Museum in downtown Montgomery.The sculpture of Mrs. Parks is the first of three statues that will be erected in Legacy Plaza in the coming months.

Two Alabama women who broke down barriers in the field of law are in the spotlight today. The Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame is adding lawyers Alice Lee and Mahala Dickerson as inductees.

It was on this date back in 1956 that city buses in Montgomery were integrated. A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court the day before cleared the way for African American passengers to sit where they chose.

Civil rights attorney Fred Gray might become the new namesake of a street in Montgomery.Mayor Steven Reed wants to change the name of West Jeff Davis…

Today marks a moment in Alabama civil rights history. It was on this date in 1955 when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a…

The house of civil rights icon Rosa Parks is now on display—in Italy.After a journey spanning two continents and three countries, Parks’ Detroit home is…

A handwritten letter written by Rosa Parks recalling Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work in the civil rights movement is on sale for $54,000. The letter,…