Dr King promised that “every penny” of his Nobel Peace Prize money would go towards the Civil Rights Movement. He kept his ...
He was able to take action after graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1980. As part of the National Health Service Corps, he was assigned to Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, a historically ...
Here are 10 Black leaders who during their lifetimes helped to shape our community and deserve to be remembered for their ...
Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s.
Six weeks of demonstrations failed to stop the toxic dump, but the publicity sparked a movement that’s now known as ...
The sacking of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chief of naval operations, and the Air Force’s vice chief of staff, as well as the judge advocate generals of the Army, Navy and Air Force ...
He made history as Montgomery County’s first Black county council member and county executive — breaking barriers and ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...
At least two Kitsap families have reported being targeted by racist signs or literature, echoing a rise in incidents eight years ago.
The SHAPE Community Center co-founder and his team have been picking up the pieces after a fire damaged the inside of the ...
The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...
In honoring African-American cultural heritage, let’s engage the cross-racial perspective of William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) ...