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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.

A South Bay school says it’s ready to take the fight to vandals who have defaced a mural of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez at Lowell Elementary in San Jose.

A colorful mural of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez that was painted just this summer as the result of a volunteer and fundraising effort at Lowell Elementary School in San Jose has been defaced, leaving teachers and community leaders shocked.

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.

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 has enlisted two outside advisers to examine how it treats underrepresented communities and whether it has a liberal bias. Civil rights leader Laura Murphy will examine civil rights issues, along with law firm Relman, Dane & Colfax. Former Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican, will examine concerns about a liberal bias on Facebook.

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...

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.

A number of rallies and marches are slated to take place across the Bay Area on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Redell reports.

A number of rallies and marches on Monday honored the legacy and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr.

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

In April of 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a fervent anti-war speech, departing from his message of civil rights and railing against the Vietnam War. Fifty years later, peace activists repeated his words outside the Ron Dellums Federal Building on Tuesday to protest against President Donald Trump’s promise to increase military spending.

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...

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.