Whatever approach we take, we can be inspired by Dr. King and by people like Len Edwards who risked their lives to fight for ...

Almost 60 years ago, the KKK bombed Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi. Decades later, a new attack has the ...

Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster and Lena Horne were among the stars who appeared for MLK and civil rights.

The nation today marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal observance honoring King’s profound impact while also ...

Go-go boots—knee-high, often white patent leather, with low heels—were what young women actually wore to dances, parties, and ...

King spoke at Hofstra the year after he won the Nobel Peace Prize and just months after "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama.

This article was originally published by Truthout. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids schools, states ban ...

Rebecca Salsbury James mastered the meticulous art of reverse glass painting. Now, the New Mexico Modernist is gaining ...

Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped MLK’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.

Across Southern California, people continue to recognize King with visual tributes, monuments and reclaimed public spaces ...

Long before equity became a popular talking point, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was ...