Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

A sunny morning welcomed the Long Beach community to Martin Luther King Jr. Park for a tree planting celebration in honor of ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the state holiday?

Cetonia West had a vision of opening a bookstore. This Saturday, it finally comes to fruition with the grand opening of Niche ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

Young UNICEF Club members think globally and act locally, organizing community events to support the rights and needs of ...

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

On Easter Day, April 20, at 9:41 a.m., the Shreveport Police Department responded to a reported stabbing at on Peach Street ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The Lincoln University Board of Curators approved a 5% tuition increase for next school year during its meeting on Thursday in Jefferson City, according to meeting documents. Mandatory fees will not ...

About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy have been released, including ...