Civil rights veteran the Rev. Ed King who helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party has died

Civil rights veteran the Rev. Ed King who helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party has died

The Rev. Ed King, former longtime chaplain at Tougaloo College and one of the last living founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Par

Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies at 84

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and Americ

Clarence B. Jones, MLK Adviser Who Helped Draft "I Have a Dream" Speech, Dies at 95

Clarence B. Jones, a key adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize the March on Washington and helped draft the “I Have a Dream”

How the U.S. Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling Erased a Key Mississippi Voting Rights Victory

A major legal win for Black Mississippians that was supposed to lead to new elections for the state Supreme Court was wiped away.

Clarence B. Jones, Adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., Dead at 95

The Dynamic Dyer

By Barbara A. Schmitz John Dyer said he is a protégé of the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Atlanta in 1949, he remembers Martin Luther King