The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

This article and interview originally appeared in All About History magazine issue 96. "The Sword And The Shield" by Dr Peniel E Joseph is available from Basic Books. They didn't hold high public ...

a young minister asked the day I was there ... that might bring federal intervention on a large scale. When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support of the Freedom Democratic ...

THAT REPORT IS AHEAD AT 5:00 AND IN NEW ORLEANS, THE SEARCH FOR A GROUP OF ESCAPED INMATES NOW STRETCHING INTO DAY FOUR ... and southbound lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive are closed between ...

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 ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

DC Water tells WUSA9 that the road will be closed through Wednesday. Drivers who use Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE are urged to plan ahead for the closure. According to DC Water, the water main ...

Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is ...

He saw violence as a tool of resistance against the oppression of Black people. Malcolm X, who was born 100 years ago, ...