Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Leading up to the Beloved Benefit on Aug. 14, we are recognizing a total of nine nonprofits that are advancing social and ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

Sheyann Webb-Christburg was eight years old when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to lead hundreds in a march from Selma ...

MLK leads march for voting rights in 1965, U.S. attacks Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003, Dover AFBase spared in 2004, financial ...

The Rev. C.T. Vivian was a renowned civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights ...

The Selma to Montgomery March and Bloody Sunday deserve to be remembered for their importance to civil rights in the U.S.

If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks ... Why did you not think that after the election of Barack Obama – why did you not think there would be a pushback?’ ...

Very few can give account to the day Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage. “We have come a long way in our struggle to make justice a reality for all men, but we have a long way to go ...

Hundreds gathered downtown to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during Black History Month. Music, vibrant floats, marching bands and dance troupes made their way along the 1-mile ...