Every January, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is observed on the third Monday. King Jr., who would have turned 95 in 2024, was ...

Most Americans are familiar with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s — an era in which peaceful protests led by the Rev.

The Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission revealed plans for the upcoming Rochester Juneteenth Parade and ...

Scholar Lerone Martin reveals little-known pieces of history in ‘Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.’ ...

Rochester, N.Y. — The City of Rochester is preparing once again to celebrate its rich African American heritage. Mayor Malik ...

Martin Luther King Jr. confidante Clarence B. Jones appeared at SFFilm 69 as the subject of the documentary "The Baddest ...

Lerone Martin's book follows the civil rights leader through childhood, escaping Jim Crow life working in Connecticut and ...

PERSPECTIVE: Movement veterans, descendants and scholars revisit the legacy of 1960s activists — and lessons for today.

The Voting Rights Act, among the most consequential pieces of U.S. civil rights legislation, was signed into law in August ...

Biblical rhetoric in American life has helped sustain a pluralistic moral vision, writes a scholar specializing in the ...

The A.G. Gaston Motel, a historic site of the civil rights movement, will close temporarily starting May 9 for an 18-month ...