A recent Columbia resident shares some family history, and a celebration committee member shares why Juneteenth is important.

In the ruling, Judge Matthew J. Maddox of the Federal District Court in Maryland said that the law only allowed Mr. Trump to ...

The prayer, adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous in 1941, has become synonymous with the recovery movement, but its applications ...

Stevie Wonder’s role in advocating for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ... Perhaps one of Wonder’s biggest achievements is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday honoring the assassinated civil rights leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Time Magazine 1963 Person of the Year. Inaugurations are always held on ...

CAMBRIDGE — Six-time NBA champion, activist, and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar praised Harvard University for pushing back against “a tyrannical administration” in its ongoing battle with the ...

Lauren will join past honorees including Maya Angelou, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Dylan, and Mother Teresa, among the many other artistic luminaries and civil-rights leaders.

Young worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycotts and was promoted to executive director in 1964.

Abdul-Jabbar’s interest in social protests began in 1964 after meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A few days later, the 17-year-old, then known as Lew Alcindor, was “accidentally swept up ...

In 2009 President Barack Obama awarded King with the Presidential Medal of Freedom due to her impressive tennis abilities and her fight for gender equality. Not only did King work toward providing ...

Angelou was a close friend to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his wife, Coretta Scott King, and after his assassination in 1968, Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday, April 4, in remembrance of ...