Smithsonian Magazine

Where the Movement Lives: Eight Tennessee Landmarks on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

From the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to a small-town high school that changed American law, Tennessee’s Civil Rights ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Walk in the Footsteps of Legendary Changemakers at Eight Key Sites on Alabama’s Civil Rights Trail

From Birmingham to Selma to Montgomery, eight historic landmarks trace the courage, sacrifice, and strategy that drove one of ...
The Associated Press

In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the city considered the crucible of the modern Civil Rights Movement to push back against ...
The Associated Press

On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight

In 1965, Black Americans peacefully demonstrated for voting rights and were beaten by Alabama state troopers before returning ...
mississippitoday.org

Mississippi civil rights pioneer Brenda Travis, jailed at 15, dies at 81

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Alabama march traces path of the civil rights movement while gearing up for new fight

A civil rights protest in Alabama this weekend was organized to kick off a summer of voter mobilization and civic action across the South.
The Root

‘Freedom Summer’: The Good, the Bad, and the Horrifyingly Ugly Things You Didn’t Know

The sight of thousands of Black protestors marching across Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on the “All Roads Lead to the South” National Day of Action has drawn comparisons to Mississippi’s Freedom ...