The Memphis NAACP and SCLC had a mix of hope and skepticism regarding President Trump's executive order to declassify records ...

Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike, listening to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The U.S. Department of Justice is pausing all active litigation being done by its civil rights division. How could this ...

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

East Tennessee civil rights activist Alvereen Bridgeforth spent Monday honoring those who came before her, like the man who ...

The National Civil Rights Museum is closely monitoring efforts to declassify national intelligence files related to the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President John F. Kennedy, and ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A day after a federal order ... and continue our mission to share the truth about the American Civil Rights Movement—its significance, its influence on our present, and its ...

Guests are encouraged to visit the National Civil Rights Museum during MLK Day, with activities honoring Dr. King.

three attorneys from the civil rights team have also been part of the case. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee, which practices in the federal courthouse in Memphis ...

Just as the Civil Rights Movement didn't die with him ... He has mentored Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, the Memphis Democrat who made national news as one of the Tennessee Three when ...