Toward the end of Wednesday's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest Capstone Event, Hormel Foods Chairman of the Board, ...

While MLK Day was approved as a federal holiday in 1983, Utah was the last state to recognize it, almost 20 years later. In 1985, Terry Lee Williams—Utah's first African American state ...

A resolution has been filed in the Arkansas House of Representatives to recognize Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for its role in the women’s suffrage movement and its continued ...

Music legends from Bonnie Raitt to Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello were in San Francisco to honor Joan Baez.

This past Jan. 20 was an unusually noteworthy day for all Americans. It was the day we inaugurated a new president, once ...

"This is intentionally distasteful, dishonoring, deplorable, and disrespectful." Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls ...

Civil rights leaders, library system and city officials, and the public were invited to attend the late January ribbon ...

Many of the people who advise me to emulate King oppose diversity, equity and inclusion — the principles King championed and ...

The train pulled into Washington D.C.’s Union Station; before we said goodbye, one of my seatmates introduced me to a fellow pilgrim from New York City headed to the march: Emily Whitfield, who ...

In appreciation of African American Heritage month, consider this: From 11 a.m. until 1 o’clock p.m. on Jan. 20, 2025, ...

Discover how faith and labor leaders continue to fight for justice, inspired by the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.

Among the upcoming Black History Month events planned in Burlington County is the Underground Rail Museum of Burlington ...