We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to her and to everyone who led or participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, writes.

Jackson, who died Feb. 17 after a long illness, was also a prolific negotiator, responsible for securing the release of hundreds of hostages, "human shields" and prisoners across the world. More than ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. served as the pastor of an Alabama church during the latter half of the 1950s, he would get food ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a long and storied history with Michigan, where he won the state's Democratic presidential caucuses in 1988.

Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was the ...

Rosa Parks sparked a mass protest when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, but she faced personal ...

It is often said that history is best viewed through a rearview mirror, where the twists and turns of a single life finally sharpen into a clear destination. That’s where we’ve been since Jan. 29, ...

And now I do too. I clearly hear his voice, see that sparkle in his eyes, “Hey, man. How you doin’?” I would tell him, and he would say, “Wow, let’s talk.” And we did so many, many times. Woodie was ...

Influential theater producer and director Woodie King Jr. died at age 88 in New York City. King founded the New Federal Theatre in 1970, which became a launchpad for Black artists and landmark plays.