It was the summer of 1966. I completed my first year at Bethany Theological Seminary in affluent Oak Brook, Illinois.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Girard College in Philadelphia in 1965, and the McAllister family are featured in a photo of that day ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

Tuskegee Institute in Alabama is the most famous Black college in the United States. Between 1881 and 1915, its president was Booker T. Washington, who publicly urged African Americans to ...

In February 1960, Clarence B. Jones received a phone call from a friend who informed him that a Georgia preacher, Martin Luther King, Jr., had been indicted for tax evasion. The friend, Hubert Delany, ...

Feb. 1 marked the beginning of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, which was originally a week-long celebration ...

As the country marks its 250th anniversary this year, the American president, who returned to the White House on January 20, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. turned his focus to Chicago 60 years ago this month. The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to the city at the request of Al Raby ...

“When I say poor, I don’t just mean black people.” –Martin Luther King Jr. “The true enemy is war itself.” –Martin Luther King Jr. For thirteen years he lived and worked with the knowledge that a ...

NFL Network and NFL Digital Media offer multi-platform coverage of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine presented by Microsoft Copilot from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Thursday, Feb. 26 - Sunday, March ...

DEARBORN, MI - A significant piece of American history has been moved from Alabama to Michigan where it will soon be put on permanent display. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn announced the Dr.