Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...

WASHINGTON — A few years ago, Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard University graduate wanted to check out the area ...

Photo by Savion Washington/Getty ImagesA documentary is in the works about the role Stevie Wonder played in helping to make ...

A drone show in Port St. Lucie celebrated Juneteenth with images of Black history, sparking pride and emotional reactions ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Thirty-six years ago, St. Augustine’s first observance of the new Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday was history-making in itself. Florida’s governor and cabinet led the commemoration.

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s ...