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Photo by Savion Washington/Getty ImagesA documentary is in the works about the role Stevie Wonder played in helping to make ...
Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, ...
California Rep. Lateefah Simon made sure her voice was heard loud and clear at a congressional hearing that appeared to have ...
Dan Gill taught middle school social studies for more than five decades. In his picture book debut, Gill draws from a childhood encounter with racism that inspired him to set aside an empty chair in ...
Gandhi’s bedchamber is a frugal loft overlooking the dining room, but mine is a doorway to heaven. While he climbed a ladder ...
The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...
Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...
Martin Luther King was a prominent activist in the civil rights movement that started in America in the year 1955, this general knowledge quiz is based on the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr.
Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it would be another 15 years before King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the ...
Selma was one of the best movies of 2014. Starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr., the Ava DuVernay film gave us a heartfelt biopic that portrayed the Montgomery voting rights marches.
In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. He was standing on a second-floor balcony outside his room at the ...