The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

It later brought in civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis in 1968. King supported over 1,000 Black ...

Orange High School teacher LeShun “Ship” Collins says his eyes filled with tears when he learned that he had been selected to ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. Three ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 ...

WATCH: Biden honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on his final full ... brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction. As an adult, Dexter King focused ...

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr. marched with Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and later ...

Jemele Hill likened the battle over transgender rights to the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr., in a ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign ... this cornerstone of the civil rights movement," they wrote.

On Saturday, the New Hope Baptist Church's congregation, clergy and community leaders laid to rest a beloved spiritual leader ...

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 ...

(AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final ... It is the beating heart of the civil rights movement, a symbol of ...