Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ...

Arkansas in 2017 ended the state’s practice of commemorating Lee on the same day as King, leaving only Alabama and Mississippi remaining. Alabama and Mississippi have three Confederate-related ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

This month, as they have for almost forty years, millions of Americans will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was indisputably one of the most iconic historical figures of the ...

BALTIMORE -- Volunteers throughout Maryland gave back to their communities to honor Dr. Martin Luther ... On MLK Jr. Day, volunteers did their community service in a way Dr. King would have ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, a day dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Johnson, hosted the first parade honoring King in Athens in 2016. This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was set in the midst of a cold winter for the city. This, according to Mokah-Jasmine Johnson ...

The Joplin community gathered Monday to celebrate the legacy of a civil rights leader during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Missouri Southern State University. Community ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Here in Northeast Wisconsin, organizations and businesses held special events to spread Martin Luther King Jr.'s message ... hope to celebrate MLK Day, including Green Bay ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck ...

It’s easy to oversimplify the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to ascribe to him narrow ... he focused on Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, then Chicago, then Memphis. But South Carolina did ...

Rochester, N.Y. - Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with several events in the area celebrating his legacy. 1199SEIU’s 44th Annual MLK Day Celebration at URMC 1199SEIU, a union representing ...