In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do -- he stepped away. He ...

Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection ...

Last month, hours after federal immigration officers raided a Newark, New Jersey, seafood business, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered ... to spread its goals across the US, arguing that King and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference were “made to order” for the Communist ...

Historian David Garrow, who won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for his “Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,” said he is most curious about ...

Welcome to the Amsterdam News Family! I’m honored to be Amsterdam News‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black ...

It's hard to ignore the connections between Marcus Freeman's fate as he tries to make history on Monday night and all that’s happening in America on the day of the big game.

We’ve really got to ask ourselves some serious questions — especially people who are in power, especially people who are white — there seems to be a lack of empathy and humanity for Black life.” ...

IT WOULD BE DOCTOR KING’S FINAL VISIT TO LOUISVILLE, ABOUT ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH. DOCTOR KING WAS INVITED TO SPEAK BEFORE A SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, BUT HIS SPEECH FOCUSED ...

One of the nation's oldest Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades took place in ... is only second to sports," Hayne said. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

It’s easy to oversimplify the life of Martin Luther ... must be forced. King, in Columbia for a few days, attended a banquet at the Township Auditorium and delivered a conference speech.