Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ...

For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at Western Michigan University was lost. Then in 1997, it was ...

The youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is an attorney, minister, and civil rights advocate.

He cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly after his home and church were bombed, and he became its ...

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with its Beloved Community program ...

In March 1965, a walk for voting rights took five days to make the journey from Selma to Montgomery. On Saturday, Feb. 22, a group will use bicycles to make the same trip in hours.

As this story is filed on Feb. 18, it is a reminder that on this date in 1965, Malcolm X delivered his final public address at Barnard College, three days before he was assassinated at the Audubon ...

Faith Petric, who died at 98 in 2013, is the subject of “Singing for Justice.” The film screens Feb. 22, 2025, at the Roxie ...

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech on justice at SMU's packed McFarlin Auditorium in 1966.

The 26th annual international Jewish film festival, presented by the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, starts Feb. 20 and ...

It goes without saying that Barack Obama is one of the most popular and famous politicians in American politics. Before his ...