According to a memo, DOJ attorneys cannot file new complaints, briefs or certain court papers “until further notice.” ...

ATLANTA — On Friday, friends and family of the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders gathered at the historic Ebenezer ...

Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been discharged after being hospitalized Friday in what his ...

ATLANTA — Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been hospitalized, according to his family. The reason why Young was taken to the hospital remains unclear, but his family ...

In the 1960 presidential election, little focus was given to unrest in the South. So Atlanta activist Lonnie C. King came up with a plan, turning to his childhood friend MLK Jr. for support.

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was ...

Charles Person, the youngest original member of the Freedom Riders, passed away at 82 in Fayetteville. At 18, Person joined the Freedom Riders, facing violence to challenge racial segregation in the ...

From a day of service to lectures, exhibits, concerts and art, there are a number of ways to observe MLK Day in Atlanta. Begin with honoring Dr. King’s legacy, visiting historic landmarks and ...

I didn’t cover up,” Charles Person told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... and others in this crucial early chapter of the Civil Rights Movement. “The courage Charles Person displayed ...

In October of that year, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested at a sit-in in Atlanta ... a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. An SCLC staffer watching the speech ...

As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was becoming the voice of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, he was serving in another ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of ...