Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

During the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants were vital for protesters and organizers to gather. Here are some of the most ...

Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

The artist — whose activism in the Civil Rights movement began with his childhood in the South and continued in Oregon, where ...

More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same ...

Dolton residents were skeptical at Tuesday's board meeting, questioning whether the financially strained village could afford ...

Each shooting this week stemmed from some sort of dispute with feelings of disrespect and shame, Detroit Police Chief Todd ...

Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Recently, on May 31, 2025, I attended a community celebration for the sculpture unveiling ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther ...

The Cherry Hill public schools should not need a settlement agreement to appreciate the necessity of denouncing hatred and ...

In the repetitious cadence of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech, “I have a dream” was followed by “one day.” Those two words, “one day,” made us look to the heavens with promise, hope and ...