More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of ...

About 450 people attended the 38th annual breakfast, which also included presenting a Trailblazer Award to John Miller, ...

Federal judge Jerry W. Blackwell stood in the pulpit of Duke Chapel during a Sunday commemoration service for civil rights ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He ...

INDIANAPOLIS — At St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis Monday, the community came together to honor the life ...

NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according ...

The Rev. Martin Luther ... Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, one of the longest-serving members of Congress known for his liberal stance on civil rights, proposed legislation to recognize King ...

Wednesday, Jan. 15 marks the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would ... Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. John Moore stands at the pulpit to recite the words of King's final speech: "We've got some difficult ...

January 20 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring King on April 8, 1968, just four days after ...

Local observers tout the impact of the first Black/Asian American coach to reach the national champs. Coach Freeman points attention back to his team.

Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.

Just four days after King's death, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mi., introduced legislation to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. According to the Smithsonian National Museum of ...