In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...

Rosa Parks gave the US civil rights movement a huge boost and inspired Martin Luther King Jr.

Thanks for the thoughtful editorial that asks us to consider what will we do in the current situation we find our country in, keeping in mind Dr. King’s work and what to do now (“What would MLK Jr. do ...

Martin Luther King III discusses the legacy of his iconic father and his emotional struggle to forge a path of his own in an ...

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and ...

Though he invoked Jr. in his inaugural address, President Trump has pursued a vision focused on undoing much of the progress ...

This hour, we reflect on two of the most prominent civil rights thinkers in U.S history and how they connect to our present political moment.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther ... days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan ...

Letter: King would be championing policies that challenge systemic injustice: the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights ...

Joe Biden "accomplished something that President Obama didn't do," 91-year-old Julius Garvey told Newsweek about his father's posthumous pardon.