This photo, released by Paramount Pictures, is part of the trailer for the movie “Selma.” By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic R.I.P. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Your story has
A number of local organizations are marking the anniversary of Bloody Sunday next month with a silent march. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, more than 500 peaceful marchers, led by
Dr. Bob Zellner, a white Southerner who played a part in the Civil Rights Movement, shared his story at Wake Forest University last week. Zellner was born and raised in
Hollis Watkins has been fighting for freedom for more than five decades. Watkins, the youngest of 12 children born to sharecroppers in Lincoln, Miss., became the first student from his
