But things amped up dramatically in 1955 — when the Montgomery bus boycott brought both Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks worked in Conyers’ office from 1965 until her retirement in 1988. The same year King was assassinated, his widow, Coretta Scott King, established the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for ...

More than 1,400 attendees enjoyed the sold-out DuPage County “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Unity breakfast on ...

highlighting how leaders like MLK and Rosa Parks paved the way for monumental change. At just 12 years old, Kanye West wrote and performed a heartfelt poem dedicated to Dr. King during a school ...

Discover how America remains divided on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, as a National Action Network rally in D.C. honors ...

Gov. Maura T. Healey signed the bill earlier this month, making Massachusetts the ninth state to honor Parks with an annual ...

MLK Day, celebrated by many, reflects the enduring impact of Martin Luther King Jr., as 93% of Americans honor his life and ...

The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.

Flint Fowler, a Washington University alumnus, received the annual Rosa L. Parks Award at the 38th annual Dr. Martin Luther ...

Across Michigan, there were several events celebrating MLK Day with an eye on Trump's plans as he becomes president ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday ... One of his campaign workers was civil rights icon Rosa Parks, arrested nearly a decade prior in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing ...