Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phil Canova was 9 years old in 1963 when a turn of events drew national attention to what was then “the town” of Plaquemine.

On Saturday, federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse and U.S. citizen, as he helped another protester whom agents had pushed to the ground. Trump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The kickoff event for Jacksonville joining the U.S. Civil Rights Trail featured a marker standing a few feet from the pulpit where ...

The Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations, Inc. (ACCORD) was envisioned in 2002 after the interment of one of the Black Community’s Civil Rights Sheroes, Mrs. Katherine Twine. On ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a leading force in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. According to his family, Jackson died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Chicago. Born in ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died at 84, his family announced on Tuesday. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the ...

Jacksonville has officially joined the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, with dozens of historical markers planned for the city. The markers will highlight significant locations from the Civil Rights Movement, ...

The kickoff event for Jacksonville joining the U.S. Civil Rights Trail featured a marker standing a few feet from the pulpit where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a sermon titled “This Is a Great ...