The Rev. James E. Orange, a lieutenant of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 65. ...more

February 18, 2008

If you drive six miles southwest of Anniston, Ala., you'll pass the spot where a bus was bombed in 1961 and the passengers - civil rights activists known as Freedom Riders - were beaten by a mob. ...more

February 17, 2008

The modern civil rights movement can be traced to the early 1940s, when the flood of blacks entering the military after the bombing of Pearl Harbor challenged the unacceptable social norms they found in the South. ...more

February 11, 2008

The woman who oversaw a federal report documenting voter disenfranchisement during Florida's disputed 2000 presidential election is asking the Democratic Party to settle a fight with Florida and Michigan before the party harms itself. ...more

February 5, 2008

Students in Dellarine Anderson's kindergarten class at Hugo Schmidt Elementary made their Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration personal this year when they assembled their own drawing of the hero of the civil rights movement. Modeled after King's "I have a dream" speech, the students also added their own dreams, completing the sentence "I have a dream of ..." ...more

January 23, 2008

Most diversity training efforts at U.S. companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions, says an analysis that turns decades of conventional wisdom, government policy and court rulings on their heads. ...more

January 21, 2008

These people were instrumental in shaping the civil rights movement in Tampa. Now, they are household names, although you might not know it. Can you match the people to the schools named for them? DETAILS, BayLife, Page 1 ...more

January 21, 2008

Like any good writer, Emily Garland wanted to find a unique theme when she agreed to speak at the West Pasco Historical Society's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. "I hope to come at it from a little different angle than just a litany of his life and what he accomplished," Garland said prior to stepping up before a standing room only gathering at the old schoolhouse in Sims Park last Saturday. ...more

January 19, 2008

Before and after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. riveted the nation's attention on civil rights, individual crusaders in cities across America took it upon themselves to shake open the locked doors of society's institutions. ...more

January 18, 2008

The life and dream of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated Friday through Sunday at an annual festival held in his honor. ...more

January 16, 2008