Amelia Boynton Robinson, born in Savannah, Ga. is a civil rights icon who impacted the lives of people across the nation.

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were significant in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday based on former President Joe Biden ...

Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden ...

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after ...

Peltier, who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, was released Tuesday from a federal prison in Florida.

The commutation, praised by advocates who say Peltier was a political prisoner, prompted criticism from some who say Peltier ...

One of his campaign workers was civil rights icon Rosa Parks, arrested nearly a ... The same year King was assassinated, his widow, Coretta Scott King, established the Martin Luther King Jr ...

In 2021, he was arrested again for leading a peaceful ... Jr. National Historical Park. Soon after, Coretta Scott King established The King Center as "the official, living memorial dedicated ...