In a brief scene, the undergraduate known as ML stands with his then girlfriend, a white woman named Betty Moitz ...

The nation today marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal observance honoring King’s profound impact while also ...

A photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. waving out a window adorns the exterior of the King Legacy Apartments at 16th Street and Hamlin Avenue in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Jan. 16, 2018.

The spirit and legacy of MLK and the Civil Rights Movement do not belong to the past. They call us not only to remembrance, ...

Many local events in Hampton Roads will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, with closings and special events ...

The dramatic events of June 1964 in St. Augustine helped break a U.S. Senate filibuster and pass the Civil Rights Act.

Join Bloomington’s MLK Day celebration Jan. 19 honoring Coretta Scott King and women who shaped the civil rights movement.

Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 was a key moment in the US civil rights ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year in orde… In May 2011, historian Richard Norton ...

He portrayed the gamut of the Black experience, making visible a sense of deep isolation as well as pride, family, and ...

The new year heralds exciting new titles, including a picture book that highlights a famous scientist's brainstorming process ...

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed ...