Newly released photos of Rosa Parks emphasize lesser-known aspects of her legacy. These images, made public for the first ...

Bernice King urges revival of Kingian nonviolence to confront racism and poverty. Local Fresno groups and leaders continue annual MLK marches and peace weeks. Educators and editors promote critical ...

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from Atlanta, Georgia to Selma, Alabama and all the way to our nation’s capital in ...

“Listening to God’s Call: How Meeting Martin Luther King Jr. Changed my Life” will be presented on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist, 5 W. Washington St., Oswego. The ...

Douglas played a pivotal role in planning several civil rights marches, including the infamous Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama. Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King ...

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.” By Peter Applebome The Rev. Jesse L.

Richie opens up about his experience growing up during the civil rights movement in his new memoir Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty; Bettmann Archive/Getty Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther ...

'I was longing to be part of it. And my parents kept telling me it was dangerous,' said Richie. Former Commodores singer Lionel Richie recently revealed that, while growing up in Alabama, he had an ...

There was a moment, as I watched Selma, when I became transfixed. I was fully immersed in the commanding yet nuanced performance of David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. It wasn’t because the actor ...

On the 62nd anniversary of the Civil Rights-era March on Washington in 1963, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III and Arndrea King will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first radio commercial, on station WEAF. In 1941, Nazi German, Hungarian and Ukrainian police ...