In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the ...

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 ...

The Masonic lodge that served as the home base for Dr. King’s activism will soon be open to visitors. It had long been considered endangered.

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 ...

Katori Hall’s controversial play about Martin Luther King Jr.’s final night gets a superb production by Oakland Theater Project ...

An interactive exhibition at the African American Museum in Dallas is highlighting the parallel legacies of Nelson Mandela ...

Can basketball really change a nation? Hear from the filmmakers of "Hoops, Hopes & Dreams," to learn how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used sports to foster community and connection.

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

Hunter Hershberger erupted for 33 points in the Hoover boys basketball team's 91-53 win over Amherst Steele at the Martin Luther King Jr. Classic. Kyle Young's jersey number retirement speech at ...

In 1965, three months after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. declared from the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, that the aim of the civil rights movement was no more and no less than ...