Martin Luther King Jr. came to the Swannanoa Valley twice in his lifetime. The first time was in January 1964 for the ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

Prior award recipients include Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr. Reviewers describe their visits to the Nobel Peace Prize as hit or miss. Although some say ...

The 22-foot-tall sculpture The Embrace, in the Boston Common, symbolizes the strength of Black love. It symbolizes the love of a power couple and the hug Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott ...

WASHINGTON, February 11. /TASS/. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered some 2,400 undisclosed records related to the assassination of the country’s 35th President John F. Kennedy ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

The second of two defendants charged with taking parts of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday to jail and three years’ probation.

In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolence of Jesus" podcast, Dear outlines 10 essential points about the nonviolence of ...

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

What really happened the day Malcolm X was murdered and how can we understand his significance to civil rights in America?