Seven of this year's eight best picture nominees are stories of lone, white heroes—stories that seem out of touch with the times. The exception is Selma.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights group King founded, filed suit in federal court last week to block the release. Attorneys for the organization argue that a previous ...

In 1965, Jackson joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership. He quickly became a close ally of Dr. King and played a significant role ...

The elder civil rights leader moves the young artist to tears as she recounts how, at the very hotel in which they’re situated, she planned the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s 10 th ...

The Urban Council is comprised of the NAACP (MO), National Black United Front-KC, Southern Christian Leadership, Conference-GKC, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, and the Urban Summit of KCMO.

The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has opposed the decision to release the documents before they have a chance to ...