As the circle of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest allies grows smaller, the former mayor nears a milestone birthday still traveling, speaking and remembering.

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

The award-winning journalist and historian delivered the University’s 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, applying historical lessons to present-day challenges and celebrating the power of ordinary ...

There is little marking Jackson’s ties to Greenville, SC, and its larger civil rights history today, but leaders and elders ...

In the play “The Mountaintop” by playwright Katori Hall, audiences are led into Room 306, during the late hours of April 3rd.

Hosea Williams grew up in Attapulgus before marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and becoming a frontline figure in the civil rights movement.

At Operation PUSH on Chicago’s South Side, the work of civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. reached millions of viewers through television broadcasts, rallies, and marches. But behind the ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

Three former presidents are among those who plan to attend the memorial service for civil rights activist Jesse Jackson March ...

Dr. Alveda King condemned protesters who stormed a Minnesota church, saying hostility and disruption betray the nonviolent ...