Thanks to grace of God and many prayers my 90-year-old mother is still with us and my daughter was given a prognosis for full recovery from surgery. We spent the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass misspoke Monday when she said of the rioters in her city that “people should exercise their right to protest; that’s their First Amendment right.” But she had good reason ...

Rights leaders of the '60s say MLK legacy lives on in vision, if not execution. Jan. 21, 2013— -- Rev. Joseph Lowery remembers when the 1960s South was burning with racism -- the day a white man ...

Gold Derby exclusively debuts the trailer for the documentary short exploring how basketball became a powerful organizing ...

Conversations between MLK and President Johnson foreshadow Obama's election. Jan. 17, 2010— -- As the USA celebrates the first King holiday with a black president, University of Virginia scholars ...

America's first black president was sworn in for a second term today, on the national holiday dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Barack Obama's traditional call for unity and equality echoed ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Some say President-elect Barack Obama's election has the same historical significance as the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by ...

A bronze bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. placed in the Oval Office by former President Barack Obama has been moved out. The bust of the famed civil rights leaders now sits in President Donald ...