Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma.

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...

Plans are underway to build a stand-alone library to house Vivian’s thousands of books, while House Democrats are pushing for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Places like the Edmund Pettus Bridge ... Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. With the hindsight of history, Americans think of Dr. King and the civil rights activists in Selma ...

He said, “It takes eight years in Colorado to build a bridge.” He went on to note the bridge itself ... We need to fix the process. Mark Lewis, a Colorado native, had a long career in technology, ...

From Memphis, TN, television news broadcasts and a morning newspaper -- the Commercial Appeal, James Earl Ray discovers that Martin Luther King is staying ... and identify a John Willard in ...

the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. "He endured beatings savagely on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, at lunch counters, on freedom rides. He said he had to do something. He would not ...

All the latest updates and news on the department store chain John Lewis & Partners. They have branches throughout the UK and are renowned for their Christmas adverts, with a new heart-warming ...

Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he started it more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. "He ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march—one of the most defining moments in the U.S. civil rights movement (writes the U.S author and historian, Forest Issac Jones).