People attend a news conference Saturday, May 10, 2025, near the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial along ...

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture celebrates its 100th anniversary on Thursday with a new exhibition and concern among supporters about a right-wing assault on African American ...

North Springs High School student Zoe Allen's poem "The Flower of Love" won the Inspirational Messages of Peace contest, and ...

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Unlike most cities, especially in the south, Atlanta has consistently been run by Black politicians since 1974, and there’s a secret to it all. The reign of Black mayors can be traced back to one man: ...

In a world that often tried to limit Black women to the margins of history, Josephine Baker pirouetted to the centre stage , not just as ...

Mother’s Day will be celebrated in the United States on 12 May 2024. We take a look at the history and origins of the day to ...

They showed us how to build community.” The gathering was near the site of a 20-foot-high (6-meter-high) memorial to racial equity, which shows Martin Luther King Jr. embracing his wife, Coretta Scott ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

SOURCES TELL US THIS HAPPENED TONIGHT ON WEST MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, AND WE’RE TOLD THEY MAY BE JUVENILES. AND THAT ONE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. THE OTHER WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH.

Located on the northwest rim of the Tidal Basin, this 30-foot granite memorial pays homage to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everything from its address at 1964 Independence Ave.