Edelman, considered “America’s First Mom,” founded the Children’s Defense Fund as a witness for children and to break the ...

M&F Bank, North Carolina's only Black-owned bank, continues to foster community growth and support minority-owned businesses, maintaining a mission that began over a century ago.

Flags in the District were at half-staff Friday, in honor of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson. A towering figure whose vocation as ...

The civil rights leader didn't know he had dyslexia and hid his illiteracy. Now with the help of an AI program, he's looking ...

In celebration of Black History Month, a new documentary entitled "Origin of the Dream" from an NC State professor explores the inspiration behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” ...

On Feb. 1, the Smith portrait was unveiled at the chapel named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a vespers service attended by descendants of the Smith family.

The Kannapolis City Council recently passed a resolution to grant the new bridge on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue an honorary designation in honor of Corine Lytle Cannon, a woman who has spent the ...

Janie Scott Griffin and LaTonya Lattimore sat in a red pew in the third row of a venerable old church in Durkeeville on Wednesday afternoon and listened as the stories of Jacksonville’s civil rights ...

Firefighters in Waco are engaged in a critical water rescue after a vehicle plunged into the river on North Martin Luther ...

In celebration of Black History Month, a new documentary entitled "Origin of the Dream" from an NC State professor explores ...

The protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate will lie in repose for two days at the ...

More than half a century after his death, the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to shape movements around the ...