As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught ...

Communities across the country will soon honor the life and legacy of an American civil rights icon. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed on Monday. Like the civil rights movement itself, the ...

Howard Godfrey, The Musical Offering’s composer, typically writes musical theater works. But when the community music school’s artistic director, Rick Ferguson, approached him to write an orchestral ...

The resident-led Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission will host its Annual Commemoration on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Diane Nash, an influential architect of the modern Civil Rights Movement, will be a featured speaker at the 41st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration, alongside ...

The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader and former politician who rose to prominence as a protege of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. The 84-year-old’s family announced ...

“What’s the matter, Martin. You seem agitated,” said actor, singer, and staunch civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. “I am,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. replied. He was perplexed. Along with former ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Twenty-four individuals commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a b-r–r–r–rave display of courage – confronting the icy waters of the Snake River in a cold plunge on ...