The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died.

TULSA, Okla. — Dr. William M. Wilson, President of Oral Roberts University, issues the following statement in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Annually, the third Monday of January serves as ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorated each year on the third Monday in January, will be observed this year on Monday, Jan. 20. It's designated as a "national day of service to encourage all ...

Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery in March 1965. | William Lovelace/Express, Getty ...

The claim: Martin Luther King Jr. was 'killed by his doctor,' not a gunman. More than half a century after his death, conspiracy theories about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination ...

This month's editorial cartoons include national and local commentary, including reflections from Martin Luther King Jr., on ...

William Floyd Middle School student Gabriella Scheifele on Thursday holds an essay she wrote after reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca ...

The McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive, Canton, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 20 and will feature a presentation on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ...

An investigative journalist and expert on the JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations said the feds’ secret files on the murders will likely reveal “fascinating’’ new details about ...

Paradoxically, a right-wing court decision helped bring universities back full circle to the economic approach to affirmative action backed by Martin Luther King Jr. and William O. Douglas.

The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95. Lawson’s longtime church, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, announced on its ...