Freedom Riders

Race

Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina

11:54am June 17, 2022

by By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd in Birmingham, Ala., in 1966. President Obama has designated an historic civil rights district in Birmingham as a national monument.

National

Obama Honors Civil Rights Movement With New National Monuments

9:27pm January 12, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

As his administration ends, Obama has protected more historic, cultural and natural sites than any other president before him. The new sites are in South Carolina and in Birmingham and Anniston, Ala.