This video reflects on the last minutes of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, recounting the events leading up to his ...

Multiple women have recalled sexual abuse by Cesar Chavez, a prominant figure in the Latino civil rights movement.

State Road 82, stretching through the eastern sides of Collier and Lee counties, gives motorists anxiety, searching for ...

Target boycott organizers redirect focus to supporting Black and brown entrepreneurs, while questions remain about Target's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Greenville native and iconic American civil rights leader who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther ...

The late reverend and civil rights icon died at the age of 84. Here's what we know about his final months.

Vietnam veteran Andrew Penns of Abilene recalls learning of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination while serving overseas in 1968. The news caused despair and anger among the soldiers. Penns later ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at his home on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84. Jackson's cause of death was related to a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a neuromuscular ...