CHICAGO (WLS) -- To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many in Chicago and Illinois are observing a day of service. A group of local and state leaders honored the call to service in Chicago, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Each third Monday of January, the United States celebrates a civil rights icon whose activism changed the lives of millions and shifted the trajectory of American history. Dr. Martin ...

There’s power in being part of change. “We all want to have unity,” said Ken Brown, senior pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. “But at some point, you have to start ...

Thousands of fourth and fifth graders in classrooms across the community pondered this question during the last couple months and a select few brave souls stepped to the stage Friday morning to ...

In her moving TED Talk, “Racism has a cost for everyone,” Heather McGhee recounts what happened during a live television appearance when a caller asked her for advice on overcoming racial prejudice.

Community members gathered in the Duke Chapel Sunday afternoon for the annual commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which featured a keynote address from Jerry Blackwell, U.S. District ...

Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister, civil-rights activist, and an advocate for race relations in the United States. Through King's activism ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Bridge will reopen later this month following the completion of a $20.1 million repair project that kept the span closed for more than two years, city officials said.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced Monday morning to a determinate sentence of 20 years for killing his girlfriend at MLK Jr. Park in the spring of 2021, the Erie County District ...