Protest songs have been part of American history for centuries — from “Yankee Doodle” during the Revolutionary War period to “Okie from Muskogee” by Merle Haggard to Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” — and ...

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...

According to legend, the Richmonds came to town from California in early 1995 on a murderous mission. Their target was ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a hero, but he was not a saint or a symbol. So writes Jonathan Eig, one of the country’s most ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Students at Pilgrim Lutheran School in Wauwatosa are participating in a three-week in-school Black history camp.

On a late January night, residents in the close-knit community of Lauderhill came together to get on the same page about a ...

The acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. biographer will give a talk as part of the Boxser Diversity Initiative's Building ...

The story of the Town of Chapel Hill's Summer Youth Employment Program, told by the program's leader and 3 young employees.

It is easier for children to buy knives than it is to purchase ... "We know that through the tragic stories we hear and have heard, but it continues that there are huge flaws that need to be ...