In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the ...

OBITUARY: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement, has passed away at the age of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...

People routinely search for little bits of personal history in yearbooks, but in late January, 1972 Roslyn High School ...

Martin Luther King Jr. represented the best of our nation,” RFK wrote. “Dr. King lived and died not only for the Negro, but for all Americans and in ...

Katori Hall’s controversial play about Martin Luther King Jr.’s final night gets a superb production by Oakland Theater Project ...

While the end of Oakland Theater Project's production of "The Mountaintop"-- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall's imagining of the last night of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life -- is ...

While the end of Oakland Theater Project’s production of “The Mountaintop”— Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall's imagining of the last ...

Oakland Theater Project’s production of Katori Hall’s powerful two-person play reimagines the night before King’s death as she reveals the often-fragile man beneath the icon.

Loose and easy language about equality, resonant resolutions about brotherhood fall pleasantly on the ear, but for the Negro there is a credibility gap he cannot overlook. He remembers that with each ...

A Los Angeles parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. quickly spiraled into chaos Monday when a fight broke out, leading to a stabbing, while a cop was assaulted near the melee, according to police.

Lu Burgos did not attend the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade in the nation’s capital last year — or the year before. But the Silver Spring resident and D.C. hotel worker made sure he was ...