COLUMBIA, S.C. (Associated Press) - On this day 10 years ago, South Carolina pulled the Confederate battle flag from its ...

Wikimedia Commons/Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report The 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Martin Luther King Jr. planned ...

Discover some of the architecture and history of Cleveland's Black churches, many of which congregations are trying to ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had kicked off ... Next to him, representing King’s organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was Hosea Williams. King was back in Atlanta that day. Lewis, in ...

Mr. Creecy served as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights group that was co-founded by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By The Associated Press ...

What happened to Martin Luther King Jr.? In 1968, King and other Southern Christian Leadership Conference members were called to Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike.

Legal Issues Justice Dept. seeks release of Martin Luther King Jr. surveillance records Trump executive order prompts request to release FBI wiretap records two years early, over objections by the ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This year, that day is Jan. 20.

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference or SCLC in 1957. Q8: Which campaign did Martin Luther King Jr. led in 1965 to demand voting rights for African ...

Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.

Organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the event takes place every Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.