The final touches were added to the community center playground at the Historic Douglass High School in Leesburg on Tuesday ...

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom more than two years after the ...

The theme of this year's annual Dr. Martin ... Luther King, Jr. Park at Denning Drive and Morse Boulevard. Unity Corner will be the future home of the “Ripple,” a larger than life-size, bronze ...

institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday is just that — time off from work or school. But, King's family and others carrying on his legacy ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., sermon at Friendship Baptist Church in Pasadena, CA, February 28, 1960 This Jan. 15, we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose life of service ...

Every day for the last 20 years Stefan West could look out his front door and see the bronze statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. standing tall in all its glory. But now all that’s there is the ...

Federal offices are closed Thursday June 19th for Juneteenth, but in South Carolina business will continue as usual at the ...

ATLANTA — A massive 70-member choir belted out "Hallelujah" at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest ...

50,000 gather for commemoration of 30-foot statue on National Mall President Obama says Dr King 'stirred our conscience' and made our Union 'more perfect' Credits the civil rights leader with ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on a Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck.

Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed ... What's more, the contributions of each remain important to this day. "Dr King is this major global political mobiliser and the way ...