MEMPHIS, Tenn. – More than 78 years after civil rights worker Elbert Williams' body was found in a Tennessee river, a district attorney announced Wednesday that he is reopening the investigation into ...

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. – Elbert Williams, a civil rights activist and member of the NAACP, was killed and his body was dumped in a river 78 years ago in Brownsville, Tenn. But his case has not been ...

Images from the life of civil rights icon and Rep. John Lewis, 1940 – 2020 John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who famously was beaten by police in Selma, Ala., during the struggle for ...

Elbert Williams may not be as well-known as Medgar Evers, James Chaney or other American civil rights activists who were killed in their quest for justice and equality. No autopsy was performed on ...

Founded in 1915, by Carter G. Woodson, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) promotes, researches, preserves, interprets, and disseminates information about Black ...

Longtime civil rights leader Julian Bond died this week at the age of 75. He joined the 1960s civil rights movement when he was a student at Morehouse College and became one of the founding members of ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — More than 78 years after civil rights worker Elbert Williams' body was found in a Tennessee river, a district attorney announced Wednesday that he is reopening the investigation ...