Visiting the sites was especially profound at a time when other forces seek to erase, minimize, or redefine the complicated history that shapes this evolving experiment we know as the United States.

Technology allowed the U.S. and Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader, but raised longstanding questions about whether the U.S. as a democracy should be assassinating foreign leaders.

Her landmark book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was among the first 20th-century autobiographies of a Black woman to reach a wide readership.

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

In an exclusive clip from Soapy, Jonelle Allen is looking back on one of the most fateful nights in American history: April 4, 1968. At the time, the Tony Award-nominated actress was on Broadway in ...

Unsolved mysteries of MLK Jr.'s assassination Posted: February 23, 2026 | Last updated: February 23, 2026 Who was hiding in the bushes? Who led the police on a wild goose chase? And what do the ...

In an exclusive clip from Soapy, Jonelle Allen is looking back at the fateful night when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Watch the clip, where she recalls learning the news during ...

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after MLK's assassination, ...

Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84. The Commercial Appeal is republishing some stories from Jackson's various visits to Memphis. This story originally published on April 4, ...