Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection, along with ...

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s third annual Day of Action shined a light on the work of Fred Gray and his legacy ...

Many prominent historical figures are from the Metro Detroit area. Here’s a list of prominent Black historical figures in ...

Rev. Walker worked closely with King and would be the one to bring King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail to public attention. He ...

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Three graduate fellows at the University at Buffalo’s Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education have ...

This hour, we reflect on two of the most prominent civil rights thinkers in U.S history and how they connect to our present political moment.

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

The assassination of JFK in 1963 and of RFK and King in 1968 have long been the subject of conspiracy theories regarding the ...

Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files ...

Members of various local churches gathered at First Baptist Church in Mathews on Sunday to celebrate the life and legacy of ...

The actress-author and her siblings grew up with the King children and the Roberts family of actors Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomes actress and author Donzaleigh Abernathy as the ...