The legendary Black leader, who was born just three years after the Civil War ended, gets a long-overdue close-up in 'W.E.B.

The Central Facilities Center at Martin Luther King Park in Long Beach will be renamed to the “Dale E. Clinton Resource ...

As well as being one of the featured voices, Hall is a writer and executive producer on the movie, which is directed by renowned documentarian Sam Pollard. The film, called The Lorraine, also features ...

Lerone Martin's book follows the civil rights leader through childhood, escaping Jim Crow life working in Connecticut and ...

President Donald Trump is yet again comparing his crowd sizes to a prominent Black figure, but this time, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, who infamously claimed to have brought out ...

Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King. Fifty-eight years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

The night before that event, the 17-year-old attended prom, posing for a photo in a black lace gown alongside her date. Sunday brought with it another rite of passage. King joined a line of young ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind ...

More than half a century after his death, the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to shape movements around the world. At the center of his message was a radical idea — that real strength ...

TV One is bringing a celebrated tribute to one of R&B’s most beloved voices to television this weekend. Hailed by critics and audiences as a moving and definitive portrait, the film offers an intimate ...

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Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.