Tommy Lee Walker was executed in the electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker.

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The dramatic events of June 1964 in St. Augustine helped break a U.S. Senate filibuster and pass the Civil Rights Act.

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Mississippi has approved a state historical marker in Natchez honoring civil rights leader George Metcalfe at the site where ...

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to pursue federal charges following a disruptive protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, ...

On Monday night, Indiana University’s previously forlorn football team won its first national title after enduring 715 losses.