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The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.

Many in East Palo Alto now say a local school district would be wiping away the legacy of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez if they follow through on an idea to rename the campus.

USNS John Lewis is the first of six new T-AO 205 fleet oilers NASSCO is building for the U.S. Navy.

The Peace & Unity Celebration in Long Beach and the Kingdom Day Parade will remember the civil rights leader.

Cardi B has apologized to the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. for portraying the civil rights leader’s wife, Coretta Scott King, in a comedy skit.

Bishop Michael Curry, the American whose rousing sermon at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal wedding nearly stole the show, acknowledged Tuesday that he was a little nervous before he spoke.

Nothing captured the trans-Atlantic nature of Saturday’s royal wedding as much as the guest preacher whose sermon brought American fire and flair to a very English church service. The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, the first black leader of the Episcopal Church in the United States, was hand-picked by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to address their 600 wedding guests....

Facebook is launching a dating feature. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said to laughs at Facebook’s F8 developer conference Tuesday that the new tool is “not just for hookups” but to build “meaningful, long-term relationships.”

Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her official funeral on Saturday, after supporters defended her complex legacy with poetry and anger. Thunder rumbled and it began to rain as the casket left the 40,000-seat stadium — a blessing, witnesses said. Heads of state joined the...

Church bells in Los Angeles County rang out at 4:01 p.m. Wednesday in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Wearing aqua-colored T-shirts and hydration backpacks, a group of teenagers on Saturday launched a 50-mile walk from northern Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, a tribute to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Escorted by police cars, support vans and a portable restroom, six middle school, high school and college students, along with...

The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, who helped assemble the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail” from notes the incarcerated King wrote on paper scraps and newspaper margins, has died. He was either 88 or 89. Family records showed different years of birth, said his daughter, Patrice Walker Powell, who confirmed his death.

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Friday he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Activists claiming an imbalance in economic and social equality prayed, rallied and marched in Memphis on Tuesday, the 49th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds of supporters of the Black Lives Matter and Fight for $15 movements demanded higher wages and equal rights as they walked more than a mile (1.6 kilometers), from...

The nationwide system of parks, sites, and monuments will waive admission on Monday, Jan. 16.

President-elect Donald Trump slammed Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., — and his congressional district — on Twitter Saturday morning, writing Lewis should focus on “fixing” his district rather than questioning his presidency. Trump’s tweets come after Lewis told NBC News in an exclusive interview Friday that he does not view Trump as a legitimate president. Asked in an interview for “Meet...

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., does not believe Donald Trump was legitimately elected, telling NBC News in an exclusive interview Friday that he believes Russians “participated in helping this man get elected” and “helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.” Lewis, a leader in the fight for civil rights, said so after being asked in an interview for “Meet the Press”...

U.S. Navy officials named a naval ship after former San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk at a ceremony on Treasure Island on Tuesday.

Helen Chavez, the widow of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, died Monday at a Bakersfield hospital with many of her seven surviving children, 31 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren by her side, according to the United Farmworkers. She was 88.