Canton's Interfaith Coalition will host a Commemoration Day on March 20, featuring Martin Luther King Jr.'s cousin, Rev. Joel ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...

Students, faculty and community members unveiled a mural of Mayor Mary Sheffield at Dossin Elementary-Middle School.

While Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, he was also just a man who loved to eat this popular Southern dessert.

CHICAGO (AP) — Memorial services continue Friday in Chicago to honor the life of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson. A line of mourners streamed through an auditorium Thursday to pay final respects ...

Thursday night, the state-appointed Houston ISD Board of Managers decided it was a good idea to vote to close 12 of its schools — all with predominantly black or brown student bodies — during Black ...

In Aug.1920, Tennessee newspapers declared “the political democracy of America” was “complete.” But Tennessee women are still ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be honored at the South Carolina capitol in the state where he was born and where his crusade ...

He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.

A woman was taken to a local hospital for evaluation after driving into the Brazos River near the 1600 block of North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard early Friday afternoon.

Howard Fuller burst onto the national stage in 1990 as a political organizer when he joined forces with the late state ...

BILL RUSSELL AND BOB COUSY HIGHWAY (H 3727) – The House, on a voice vote without a roll call, gave initial approval to Legislation that would name the portion of the Massachusetts Turnpike between ...