In every activist movement since the beginning of recorded history, leaders have had to recruit followers to join their movement. In the 1960’s civil rights movement, this strategy led Dr. Martin ...

Goodwin House Alexandria hosted a panel on Jan. 30, honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through the ...

David Nolan, a historian with ACCORD Freedom Trail, joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer on Florida Live to break down the push to ...

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

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made ...

As time inevitably passes, we must remember that speeches of this magnitude were not given in a vacuum—they were calls to ...

“The children of negro spirituals got to be the blues and then came jazz and R&B, and all of them used what was developed in the spiritual which was improvisation,” Jones said. The beats and melodies ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Quentin Williams, who died in a car crash two years ago, bought the house where the civil rights leader stayed.

Dr. King’s fight for justice continues in today’s cannabis reform, aiming to right the wrongs of the War on Drugs and ensure fairness in legalization.

Angela Davis led the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Monday, in which she praised pro-Palestine activists at Cornell and urged the audience to resist President Donald ...

In honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the community came together Sunday afternoon to fill the Warren Ballrooms on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus with laughter, cheer and song. For the first ...