He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

Hadiya Pendleton, who was 15 when she was shot and killed, performed at former President Obama's inauguration events just eight days before her death Joe Raedle/Getty Michelle and Barack Obama are ...

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ATLANTA - Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights icon championed are ...

U.S. President Donald Trumpon Tuesday restored his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran that includes efforts to drive its oil ...