Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. It set her on a path to ...

Three events held by the MLK Association of Asheville and Buncombe County over MLK Day weekend are among many in the region.

The San Francisco Interfaith Council and other organizations will hold their annual march to commemorate the Reverend Dr.

Dr. Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to march during Bloody Sunday, died in Selma on Dec. 24 at the age of 75.

The Bay Area is honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with marches, concerts, community service events and more.

A Detroit pastor led members of his congregation in prayer under the U.S. Capitol dome on the fifth anniversary of the deadly ...

The observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday each January was made a holiday through legislation signed by President ...

This year is the 41st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Yakima County. The valley’s celebration of the life ...

Since 1964, the Justice Department deployed specialized “peacemaker” experts to de-escalate violent confrontations. Trump ...

Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 was a key moment in the US civil rights ...

There’s no option for me,’ said the Rev. Ashley Horan during a neighborhood patrol. ‘It is my responsibility to care for my ...

The church was the starting point for the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches in 1965. Nearly a quarter of the trail’s sites are in Alabama, a place many consider ground zero for the civil ...