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Civil rights leaders and contemporary movement leaders spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same spot where the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I have a dream” sp…

After prayers, hymns, and other speeches, Senator Barack Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate, delivered the keynote speech at a commemoration of “Bloody Sunday.” Using Biblical refere…

In the first panel of an afternoon session of State of the Black Union 2006 titled, “Defining the African American Agenda, Part II,” participants focused on the State of the Black Union 2005…

The participants, including Coretta Scott King, at the thirty-third annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing o…

Past and present elected officials, Congressional Black Caucus members, civil rights leaders, noted clergy, and other dignitaries attended the funeral of Rosa Parks, who died October 24, 200…

Coverage of the Million Man March included open phones segments, live crowd shots, interviews with rally participants on the Mall, and speeches by African-American men from all walks of life…

Operation HOPE officially launched a national financial literacy campaign, “Banking on Our Future Across America,” for inner city youth and minority communities. Among the issues they addres…

Participants gathered at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where in 1965 the civil rights movement gained national attention when white law enforcement officers used physical force to prevent voting…

In the first panel of an afternoon session titled “State of the Black Union 2005: Defining the African American Agenda,” Tavis Smiley moderated a discussion on framing a contract or covenant…

Officials from various African-American advocacy groups held a news conference to talk about the Unity '04 Campaign. They described the campaign as a voter registration, voter education, and…

African-American youth rallied together to listen to motivating speakers in Atlanta, Georgia. Many of the speakers connected the present hip-hop generation with the past philosophy of the ci…

Friends and colleagues from the fields of business and politics gathered to pay tribute to Dorothy Height. She recently announced she is stepping down from her post as leader of the National…

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference held its 40th anniversary meeting and heard from panelists on the state of African-Americans in the United States. The panel focused on education…

House Judiciary Committee members heard from members of investigatory and enforcement agencies and ministers of churches that had been victimized by arson a few months prior.

In the second portion of a two-part hearing, members of the Congressional Black Caucus heard testimony from representatives of civil rights organizations and ministers from several African-A…

Representative Donald Payne,, Republican from New Jersey, and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, moderated a panel discussion on campaign strategies for 1996. The focus was on the di…

Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, delivered the opening address for the organization’s 38th annual convention.

Representatives of several civil rights and special interest organizations spoke in a news conference and discussed the plans for the 30th-anniversary March on Washington, DC. The March on A…

House Majority Whip Rep. Gray delivered the keynote address on the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the need to continue fighting discrimination. Rev. Lowery and Rep. Kennedy,Herbert Gray,Henry Ma…

Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human services, talked to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference about the struggle for freedom and justice including improved healthcare fo…