Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was ... the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of ...

the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lauren is the first fashion designer to be granted the medal. He’ll join a list of names that includes Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Maya Angelou ...

April 28 (Reuters) - A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil ... winner in first-round presidential vote 6:18 AM UTC ...

Today marks the nationally recognized birthday of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It's a day for college students in Tennessee to reflect, unite as a community and take action in ...

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr ... to present Coretta Scott King with a posthumous Medal of Freedom for her husband ...