Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Art Broady’s free presentation, "The Dream … We Almost Never Heard," will be at noon Sunday, March 16, at First ...

The act was passed in parliament in November 1965 - two years after civil rights activists in Bristol boycotted the Bristol ...

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

The Nevada County Superintendent of Schools wrapped up an unforgettable 38th Annual Speech Tournament, where talented 4th through 8th graders delivered powerful speeches about an influential person in ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...

More than six decades after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Enrich makes a ...

What you need to knowMayor Cherelle L. Parker is delivering her second budget address this morning to Philadelphia City ...

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.