Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...

Wanting to ensure her fellow students were represented, 16-year-old Hayla Lewis, a sophomore at Laurel Highlands High School, ...

Civil rights activist and OU professor George Henderson announced his retirement after a 58-year career with the university.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...

This is the first step in our fight to dismantle a system that keeps power in the hands of few at the expense of us all,” ...

Mother Teresa 2. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.” — ...

Following the horrific attack by Japan on U.S. naval forces in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke ...

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Eddie George was pondering the next steps in his burgeoning career as a college football coach while driving back from the ...

What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...