The National Civil Rights Museum at The Lorraine Motel will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with with it's annual event ...

On 28 August 1963, civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King marched ... and Barack Obama since then - he was someone who took word-craft very seriously indeed. In his first speech to thousands ...

Words have great power in the political sphere. From compelling speeches to well-crafted slogans, the strategic use of ...

I grew up in an American apartheid,” he said. “Every aspect of my life was dictated by race.” He not only lived through but participated in the civil rights movement. The strange part, really, is that ...

The first Black child born in America, William Tucker, was probably born on this date in Jamestown, Va. However, some ...

Rustin was a master strategist of social change who studied the workings of insurgent movements globally to better understand ...

President Barack Obama also shared his thoughts on the awardee, and told the audience to "embrace action over resignation. In 1962, Martin Luther King wrote ... the “I Have a Dream” speech and ...

Such nostalgia can include favorable feelings for three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who, over the course of ...

Martin Luther King Jr., for example, argued that with passage of civil rights laws, affirmative action programs should be aimed at supporting economically disadvantaged people of all races.

Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of civil rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands ...