Much of the civil rights movement is remembered through the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. There were a number of people who also made valuable contributions but aren’t known as well. Among them ...

Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C. hosted a financial literacy workshop for 135 students, sponsored by Wells Fargo, ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Last week began with three distinct events. Each on Monday. First was Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, a national holiday.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department cited an archaic statute in a legal filing Wednesday, arguing that the president’s ...

A big community cleanup is being held in Jackson in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mississippi Representative Fabian ...

The week of Jan. 20 has been almost a sacred one for Maryland lawmakers, as they reflect on the messages of two different ...

That meeting with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1956 changed ... It took the direct intervention of Randolph, Rustin’s lifelong friend and champion, to get King ...

The dream of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was brought to life in Naples on Martin Luther King Day Monday as thousands of ...

Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant ...

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice.” For years, internet ...

A New Jersey woman who lived through Prohibition, the Great Depression and two World Wars turned 108 years old Monday.