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Clarence B. Jones poses for a photo before was presented with the American Jewish Congress' "Isaiah Award," March 1, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)

Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, dies at 95

Associated Press

Keith Odom, a forklift driver from Aiken, S.C., looks out from his bus seat as he arrives in Montgomery, Ala., for a voting rights rally Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

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

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Aaron McGuire sings a spirtual song during a voting rally, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

The Rev. Jesse Jackson waves as he steps to the podium during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy

By Aaron Morrison and Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

Dorris Crenshaw poses for photos for the 70th anniversary of Rosa Park's Bus Boycott, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By Kimberly Chandler and Jaylen Green - Associated Press

FILE - The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)

Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

FILE - Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is seen on Dec. 14, 1970, in New York. (AP Photo/File)

A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer civil rights activist

By Jaylen Green - Associated Press

Simone Haley, granddaughter of Oretha Castle Haley, challenges Lakita Smith, seated with Candice Henderson-Chandler, after speaking during a city council hearing regarding the dispute over her grandmother's former home and plans by the property owner, Henderson-Chandler, to create a museum, in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A civil rights icon’s childhood home will not be a museum after opposition from her descendants

By Jack Brook - Associated Press

FILE - People listen to speakers during the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Aug. 26, 2023. On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, speakers called attention to a nationwide backlash against LGBTQ+ rights. But some Black LGBTQ+ participants felt that their early speaking slots minimized their contributions and reflected historical erasure of Black queer people in the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

After years of erasure, Black queer leaders rise to prominence in Congress and activism

By Ayanna Alexander - Associated Press

From left; Otis and the Rev. Cynthia Wlaters, Dalceada Williams, and Joan and Robert McDuffie, pray together at the front of the church on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Zion Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C. Despite a drop in in-person church attendance, Zion's Rev. M. Andrew Davis says that the Black churches remain fundamental to the community by continuing to provide refuge and hope, especially during times of challenge. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Black Protestant church still vital despite attendance drop

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bass, a prominent figure in national Democratic politics who was on President Joe Biden's shortlist of candidates when he was considering a vice presidential pick, is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, a person familiar with her plans said Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

House Democrat compares Rittenhouse shooting to murder of civil rights activists

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Mississippi siblings contribute to Civil Rights TV series

By BOBBY PEPPER and Daily Journal - Associated Press

Historic designation sought for Oklahoma City Freedom Center

By WILLIAM CRUM - Associated Press

Albuquerque high school students eyeing ‘civil rights tour’

Associated Press

In this Feb. 3, 2017 photo, Mexican-American photographer Maria Varela talks about her civil rights photography during an interview in her home in Albuquerque, N.M. The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is featuring the Albuquerque resident's rarely seen photography of the movement at an exhibition called &quot;Time to Get Ready: Fotographía Social.&quot; From marches in the rain to black share croppers toiling on former slave plantations, the photos will highlight Varela's snapshots of life during Jim Crow's final days. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Museum to host exhibit of Latina’s civil rights photography

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

The Bible’s Influence: The Bible in Black America

By Deborah De Sousa Owens

Students quiz panel about Civil Rights Movement

By JOHN DAVIDSON - Associated Press