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

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...

The new amenities coming to Martin Luther King Jr. Park in the city’s South Park neighborhood include enhanced facilities for a growing soccer community that practices there.

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

Martin Luther King Jr.'s timeless wisdom, "The time is always right to do what is right," underscores the urgency of moral ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For more than a quarter century, Condra Ridley has brought history to life sometimes with a paper bus, often with a song, and always with a message of unity. Since 1999, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Santa Rosa’s South Park neighborhood is finally getting its long-promised overhaul, complete ...

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

In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the ...

Jesse Jackson: Civil rights icon who built on mentor Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and inspired a generation - OBITUARY: The ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there.

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