In the past, Selma, the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, received national attention for all the wrong reasons: violence, racism and hate. Last week, Selma native and activist Ainka Jackson put ...

Read the full transcript of Obama's full farewell speech as prepared for delivery ... Iraq and Afghanistan - and why men and women from Selma to Stonewall were prepared to give theirs as well.

(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech Tuesday night compares favorably with a number of historic orations, a linguist said Thursday. "His goal was to be understood by the widest ...