The chairman and CEO of the Los Angeles Kingdom Day Parade, the nation's largest and longest running celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is retiring after more than a decade.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott came in response to the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks when she decided to sit in the whites only front ...

But, it was without the backing of the civil rights groups because it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years. It's the only ...

Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local ...

Dr. Marveta Ryan-Sams, coordinator of the Pan-African Studies Program, was in attendance of the Lunch and Learn. The ...

Monday, Jan. 15, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and many local organizations will host events in honor of the late civil rights leader. 10 a.m. — Allentown Public Library MLK Kindness Activities ...

Almost 64 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. came ... the March on Washington and King’s landmark “I Have a Dream” speech — and four years before the Civil Rights Act was signed in July ...

To people who happen to be admirers of Spanish Civil War literature ... inclined to indicate their position by referring to Martin Luther King as “the Rev. Dr. Extremist Agitator Martin Luther ...

Not every member of the “First Five” graduated from the University, but they are remembered collectively as trailblazers who ...