Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd looks at how the different ideas and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Jesse Jackson impacted the direction of the Civil Rights Movement. Peniel Joseph, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...

It was the summer of 1966. I completed my first year at Bethany Theological Seminary in affluent Oak Brook, Illinois. My home for the summer was in a Black inner-city neighborhood on the West Side of ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace and nonviolent social change. By Peter Applebome This obituary was ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — There is just less than a week until a major road construction project begins along one of West Michigan's busiest freeways. A portion of the Martin Luther King Jr. Street bridge ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The hallways of Broughton High School have been walked by future leaders. Its hardwood courts have been crossed by future professional athletes. And its stage once hosted a ...

Jackson began his activism in 1960 with a "read-in" protest at a segregated library in his hometown. He worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and led Operation Breadbasket to fight ...

Pastor Corey Brooks writes from Shreveport during his Walk Across America, defending Jewish people and Israel against attacks from both side of the political aisle.

Intersectionality proved a problem in a historically black Virginia neighborhood after a mural choosing sides in a Middle ...

President Trump has created the conditions for another quagmire in the Middle East, and the question is whether American ...

Obituary / The civil-rights activist and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition changed what’s possible in politics. John Nichols The Rev. Jesse Jackson never stopped campaigning. Even in the last ...

The U.S. war in Iran continues to dominate reader letters this week; other comments include child development in education and solar power.