On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass sweeping voting rights legislation, telling lawmakers ...

Katori Hall’s drama, set on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, is nicely played in an old-fashioned style at Playhouse on Park.

The award-winning journalist and historian delivered the University’s 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, applying ...

Former President Barack Obama said the presidential runs in the 1980s by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. set the stage for other Black leaders, including himself.

A hush fell over the congregation at Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church as Reverend Larry Emmons recited Dr. Martin Luther King’s nearly 17-minute “I Have a Dream” speech from memory.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Kevin Washington remembers the day vividly. It was October 26, 1967. He was a 14 year old ninth grader at what was then Barratt Junior High School. The students had been ...

TEDx Congaree Vista draws entrepreneurs and advocates Saturday in Columbia’s Vista After a ten-year hiatus, a TEDx event returned to the Midlands on Saturday as community leaders, entrepreneurs, and ...

Hundreds of people turned out to celebrate Martin Luther King Day at a series of Santa Barbara events. Starting at 9AM in De la Guerra Plaza and ending at about 2:30PM with a community lunch. “We need ...

Every year, I prepare for MLK Day by considering what insights, perspectives, and spaces the Bates community might need in order to cultivate “informed civic action” (from the Bates mission statement) ...

Let’s visit one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches. No, not that one. I’m talking about the address he delivered on April 14, 1967, titled “The Other America.” It lays out King’s political and ...