EDWARDSVILLE - Donzaleigh Abernathy, acclaimed activist and author, goddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a ...
What does it means to have someone apparently handpicked for loyalty to head an institution as important, and potentially ...
Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...
The story of Hazel Scott, who started as a child prodigy and became one of the most successful Black women in entertainment ...
The University of Wisconsin Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievements and Student Affairs hosted the 2025 ...
The information contained in the memos won’t be confirmed until 2027. That’s when the FBI’s full audiotapes, photographs and film footage of King will be unsealed per a 1977 court order.
Opened in 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., tells America’s story through the lens of Black experience. That story, and the NMAAHC itself, is for ...
An attempt to clear out a homeless encampment left a man dead. “It could have been any of us,” his friend said.
NEW YORK -- William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.
Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s family responded to Donald Trump’s move to order the declassification of records linked to the assassination of the American civil rights activist more than 50 years ago. In a ...
Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...