"Martin Luther King Jr is raised in an upper-middle class ... for desegregation of its beaches and playgrounds and later in Selma, Alabama, as King's attention turned to voting rights where ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

I literally felt a spiritual calling to play Martin Luther King, but the initial director of Selma rejected me. Then, seven years later, I brought on the director who eventually made it [Ava ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

Trump sent National Guard troops to California amid days of protesting federal immigration raids. Here's what's usual, and ...

As a charter member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, he knew The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. personally. Last week, as the country celebrated the life of the slain civil rights leader ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - We are looking ahead to a special event that the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior Men’s Club is holding on Friday morning at Darden Elementary School. It’s the sixth ...

The Greensboro Police Department said the crash temporarily shut down the northbound and southbound lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive between Patton Avenue and Preddy Boulevard. Roads have ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles this weekend was the first ...

A Denver pastor who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement passed away this week.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Every year on January 16, the nation celebrates the life, legacy and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Although the holiday is observed every third Monday of January ...