Few figures shaped late 20th-century American politics, like Jesse Jackson.

When I read about civil rights activist and minister Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. passing away earlier this month, I thought about how almost all the heralded foot soldiers of the civil rights movement ...

The expansion of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail illustrates how all the facets of the Civil Rights Movement unfolded in ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture to focus on the Black/Jewish reconciliation, with speakers including Avi Dresner and Anthony Hill.

Charlie Kirk’s banner appears next to MLK Jr. The Department of Education building now bears the photo of Kirk, alongside Martin Luther King Jr., with four other heroes for their contributions to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Work gets underway Monday to replace a nearly century-old section of the Martin Luther King Jr. Street bridge over US-131 in Grand Rapids. The Michigan Department of ...

He worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for integration in Birmingham, Ala., and later marched with Civil Rights leaders for voting rights in Selma. Ellwanger received death threats from the Ku ...

WRAL News reports on a new documentary exploring the links between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and famed poet Langston Hughes, called "Origin of the Dream." The WRAL studio welcomed the researcher and ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The MLK Jr. Recreation Center now offers text message updates to keep residents informed. City officials said the notification system will provide updates about the ...

WHEN REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DONE. BACK HERE IN THE TRIAD, TWO PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT A HOME AFTER AN APARTMENT FIRE EARLIER TODAY, THE WINSTON-SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS HAPPENED AROUND 11 A.M.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) officially broke ground on the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Sidewalk Improvements Project, ...

Lafayette has started an $845,000 project to improve sidewalks along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The project will replace damaged sections with a new 5-foot-wide concrete sidewalk and improve ...