Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma.

Sixty-four years ago today, a crowd of eager students piled into Thompson Chapel for regular Sunday Services. Curious ...

In his first public comments since stepping away, Johnson explains why he stepped away from the Ohio State Buckeyes. Meechie Johnson Jr. was dealing with multiple personal matters and mental ...

Kid Capri is coming for his coin. He says he was never compensated when his voice was sampled for the Martin show. Originally premiering in 1992, the television sitcom would go on to run for five ...

We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr, tried to give his life serving others.” King’s own words, from his sermon “The Drum Major Instinct,” echoed through the church at ...

This week's Press Run includes items about an author event at the Coventry Library branch in which a book about onetime Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman's life will be discussed; a new clothing ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what was to be his final speech, telling a rally ...

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory, King was ...

UPDATE, 4/09/25, 6:48 P.M.: Lafayette officials have made an arrest in connection with the homicide that occurred on April 3, in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Today, officials ...

It’s about the South — about segregated buses and lunch counters, police dogs and fire hoses, courageous struggle and long ...

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook the civil rights movement but also cemented his legacy in the fight for ...