Martin Luther King Jr. told followers the night before he was killed that he had been "to the mountaintop" and seen the promised land of racial equality. Last week's election of Barack Obama was the ...

In case you missed it, Tho Bishop, chairperson of the Bay County Republican Party, said he believes Kirk is the Martin Luther ...

Ro Boddie again embodies the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. in "The American Five" at Ford's Theatre.

Sixty-two years ago, a quarter of a million people gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, ...

The original Children’s Defense Fund logo came from a drawing I saw in a gallery window during a walk through Cambridge, Massachusetts, where CDF had its beginning. The artwork was by 5-year-old Maria ...

Along with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Kwame Ture, Rosa Parks is one of the celebrated names of the civil rights movement: the Montgomery, Alabama woman who refused to move from her seat ...

Joe was born December 30, 1934, in Indianapolis to the late Joseph W. and Elsa (Miller) King. He died peacefully on September 3, 2025, surrounded by family. He married Evelyn (Mueller) King on October ...

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet tangled with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccines and recent uncertainty over federal guidance for parents — at one point screaming at each other — ...

The Milwaukee Public Library is ready to unveil its newest branch. The Martin Luther King Library, 2901 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., is ready to welcome its first visitors Saturday. A day-long ...

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GODFREY – A pedestrian walking on Martin Luther King Boulevard was killed Wednesday evening after being struck by a car, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. The victim has not been ...

Milwaukee's new Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library opens later this week. The library is on the northwest corner of MLK Drive and Locust Street. It's complete with a makerspace, digital studios, ...