King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Prior award recipients include Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr. Reviewers describe their visits to the Nobel Peace Prize as hit or miss. Although some say ...

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott King.

The bill aims to honor Carter’s lifelong dedication to human rights, diplomacy and humanitarian efforts and for his service ...

As this story is filed on Feb. 18, it is a reminder that on this date in 1965, Malcolm X delivered his final public address at Barnard College, three days before he was assassinated at the Audubon ...

A dilemma Malcolm faced was thus that those whom he and his mentor Elijah Muhammad, among others, were struggling to protect ...

Malcolm X had been a public critic of King and rejected the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s direction on race relations.

Patricia Bath had the power of invention in the treatment, prevention and cure of blindness. Her patented innovations transformed a substantial segment of medical practice and fixed sight deficiency ...

OSLO—The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony gave both Norwegian and Japanese citizens an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of making “orizuru” folded-paper cranes, a symbol of prayers for peace ...

A hibakusha representing this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient group delivered a dire and urgent warning about the risk of a nuclear weapon being used. “Any one of you could become either a ...