Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

A federal judge in New York this week blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Haitians’ temporary protected status ...

President Trump said there should be fewer holidays because they are hurting the economy. Some Chronicle readers disagreed ...

Real Estate appraiser Edward Okpa is tapping the EB-5 program to fund a planned mixed-use development in South Dallas.

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...

Hours The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Bernice A. King will serve as Redemption Bank’s senior vice president for corporate strategy and on the company’s advisory ...

This Fourth of July, director Osato Dixon’s film ‘Wait Until Tomorrow’ audits America's ledger of racial debt. A analysis on ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

The president’s signature bill, approved by the US Senate on 1 July, is expected to add trillions of dollars to the national ...

Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

Black artists shaped the sound of American music, and the world took notice, often without giving credit. This Black Music ...