“Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently wrote. “Before the pen of ...

As the United States prepares to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight for equality, civil rights leaders are organizing efforts to counter policies expected from President-elect Donald ...

With Oyelowo joined by equally fine actors, including Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as James Bevel, "Selma" ...

It was just several months after last January’s celebration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his message of nonviolent resistance that plans were laid for this year’s event, ...

Locke, renowned for his philosophies on natural rights, argued that individuals inherently possess rights to life, liberty ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was only 39 when he was murdered in Memphis by a racist White man in 1968.

By Dylan Deprey No matter the skin color, the geographic location or the religion, there are four words every American has ...

MLK Commemoration event includes keynote remarks by Morehouse President David Thomas and the presentation of awards for ...

Federal prosecutors in New York dropped bribery and fraud charges on Friday against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the ...

A local food vendor, like several others, is excited to return to the Martin Luther King Jr. March after the event was ...

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Inauguration Day, biographer Patrick Parr looks at what civil rights leader would have ...

Highlights this weekend include choreographer and scholar André M. Zachery exploring Black masculinity at 651 Arts’ new permanent space, a world renown Whitney Houston tribute and the latest work from ...