Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in ensuring that Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura stayed on Star Trek: The Original Series.

Coretta Scott King is often remembered as a devoted wife and mother, yet she was also a committed activist in her own right.

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Last-minute fill-ins for original participants, Kent State students had fun during the first Academic Challenge event ...

North Carolina and the country lost a legend last month with the death of the Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson at age 81. He is ...

As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I ...

Barber called on people to reminisce on the Marches On Selma as a way to get people to organize against Trump's rhetoric.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s bold quest to fight for peace across the nation and for all people to be treated equally led to the Civil Rights Movement. Although his acts of selflessness cemented his name ...

People continue to share their heartache on social media after the death of longtime R&B and neo-soul singer/songwriter Angie ...

NEW YORK - Hazel Dukes, former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, died at the age of 92 on ...

The Alabama Highway Patrol said the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van that Stone was traveling in overturned on Interstate 65 early ...