On Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and delivered one of the most important speeches in American history.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...

Resisting the rain and the heat, 3,000 people lived in Resurrection City, on the Washington Mall, for weeks, to demand an end to poverty. This is episode 51 of Stories of Resistance.

Martin Luther King Jr had the courage to fight discrimination with non violence.  He was the heart and voice of the battle ...

A century before Beyoncé, Josephine Baker became America’s first global pop star. She broke barriers, built a brand, and ...

The White House and parade organizers said 250,000 people attended the June 14 event. Democratic figures and social media users disagreed.

Charles Burrell, an American classical and jazz bass player known as being the first African American to be a member of a ...

Credit - Bettmann Archive—Getty Images Father’s Day can sometimes seem like an ... many of the bill’s champions, including Martin Luther King Jr., argued that new laws weren’t enough to end centuries ...

I assumed that our new amphitheater would serve as the same magnet for diverse peoples as our annual Richmond Folk Festival, a celebration of global music and culture. But when I caught a glimpse of ...

Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved ...

Acclaimed poet and novelist Honorée Fanonne Jeffers visits Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library with stories from her latest Black culture text, Misbehaving at the Crossroads. Jeffers’ ...

The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...