When the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., rolls around, I frequently find my mind wandering to the Mississippi heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. One of those people is Ruleville’s own Fannie Lou Hamer.

Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s

Coretta Scott King and numerous other women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. were committed activists in their own right during the Civil Rights Movement.

A selection of local concerts, and museums offering free admission and special programs over the holiday weekend.

BRIEFLY: Boy Scouts Troop 50 to celebrate 70th anniversary; Education Foundation Suncoast Scholars; Punta Gorda and Lakewood Ranch festivals.

The women who helped advance the Civil Rights Movement were honored during an ecumenical service held by the Sacred Heart Cathedral on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, January 20, and if you’re looking for a place to volunteer or give back to the community, check out this guide: King Day of Service: Charles Papa Recreation Center: Chew Honors The King: MLK Day Clean Up 2025: Laura Sims Skatehouse Cleanup: MLK Day of Service in

Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson will present the 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Spirit Award next week to Charles and Augusta Garrett, of Atlantic City.

Heroines of Voting Rights,' an MLK Day performance; 'Waste to Wonder' art exhibit; MLK Day brunch and lecture in Delray Beach.

SEED mentoring program holds annual Martin Luther King Jr. event in Princeton and will honor Trenton’s Algernon Ward.

Residents of Washington, D.C., gather today to honor Martin Luther ... King and his legacy. Reverend Wanda Thompson, pastor of the Ambassador Baptist Church, says they're bearing the torches of Black women, too, like civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer ...