By RICHARD ROOKER MLK Day Commemoration Committee (EDITOR’S NOTE: Monday, Jan. 18, Charles Person, one of three surviving original Freedom Riders of 1961, will be the speaker for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with doors opening at …read more.

MONTGOMERY — It was 60 years ago Tuesday that a simple act of civil disobedience galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a bill April 14 to create a citizens panel to recommend a female candidate to replace the image of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The bill is part of a national campaign pushing for new $20 bills by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment guaranteeing …read more.