Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King. Fifty-eight years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Credit: Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr., the Nobel Peace Prize–winning leader of the civil rights movement who helped ...

Civil rights leader and American icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday morning at the age of 84. In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him ...

ROANOKE, Va. – 58 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Roanoke chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference gathered Saturday to remember his legacy — and recommit ...

A Black letter carrier, Cecil Cooper, walked into the office of the Syracuse Herald-Journal on the morning of April 5, 1968. He did not have any mail to deliver that day, just a message. An appeal he ...

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.

A ceremony was held at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis to mark the 58th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Human rights activist Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu delivered ...

FILE - This March 26, 2017, file photo, shows the Clayborn Temple in Memphis, Tenn. Resurrection has begun of the historic church that was the home base for the sanitation workers strike that brought ...