It’s clear that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence movement benefited from Clarence B. Jones’ North Philly swag. Jones’ gravelly voice narrates The Baddest Speechwriter of All, Steph ...

Three Columbus City Schools students inspired attendees with their speeches honoring Dr. King's legacy at a recent MLK event.

Crowds of mourners, including many dignitaries, lined up in Chicago as cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse ...

Crowds of mourners lined up in Chicago as cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began Thursday in ...

Thirteen students in the Sausalito Marin City School District were chosen to deliver remarks on the theme of “Keeping the Dream Alive.” ...

At Glasgow’s City Council meeting on Monday, a citizen shared with the board a custom rendition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech themed after the city of Glasgow and the ...

As a student in North Carolina A&T, Jackson gradually became involved with the civil rights movement. In 1960, he was ...

Charles H. King Jr., a renowned Civil Rights leader, died 35 years ago in Atlanta, Georgia. Founder and president of the Atlanta-based Urban Crisis Center, King was a contemporary of Martin Luther ...

In my long-ago youth, I had three exciting, galvanizing political heroes, Senator Bobby Kennedy, Rev. Martin Luther King and Jesse Jackson. Rev. Jackson was the only one to live past ...

Iris Hall-Sanders is recognized for decades of community service and dedication to helping others.

In 1984, Jackson used "Saturday Night Live" to take a "last shot at America's mind" and faulty policies with jokes ...