Canton's Interfaith Coalition will host a Commemoration Day on March 20, featuring Martin Luther King Jr.'s cousin, Rev. Joel ...

When Was Martin Luther King Jr. Born? Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Originally, his name was Michael Luther King Jr. after his father. Michael Sr. eventually adopted ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund awarded $8.5 million in grants to 33 historically Black churches through its fourth annual Preserving ...

Representatives of St. Joseph’s Center found Martin Luther King Jr. Day to be the perfect opportunity for collecting new and gently used winter clothing for children, embracing the late civil rights ...

Founder of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Dr. Joanne Martin, was the Grand Marshal.

Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., denounced distortions of her father’s legacy amidst the current political climate at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote speech on Jan. 28.

The warning runs through 7 p.m. Monday, as the region braces for heavy snow, strong winds, and potential power outages.

A woman cries next to a a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, at the site where Alex Pretti was fatally by federal immigration agents. Credit: OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters ...

Southwest Virginia is pausing to remember a giant of the civil rights movement — Rev. Jesse Jackson — and the mark he left on ...

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.