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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FAYETTEVILLE-- Traffic on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard will be rerouted overnight beginning Tuesday. Crews will be installing middle span beams on the Interstate 49 overpass as a part of the ...

Martin Luther King Jr., the Reverend, academic scholar and Civil Rights activist, practiced non-violence and civil disobedience to help change the racial inequalities of his time. Born January 15 ...

A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, was intentionally ...

The National Park Service is restoring the historic Vine City home once owned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The Kings lived in the home from 1964 until Dr. King’s ...

Sly Stone, the legendary Sixties and Seventies funk singer, songwriter and producer of the band, Sly and the Family Stone, ...

DENVER — A civil rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed away Saturday. Reverend James D. Peters Jr. is remembered as a longtime faith and community leader in Denver.

DENVER (KDVR) — A longtime civil rights leader and personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., died on Saturday. Peters, 92, was born in Connecticut and was a founding ...