(a reference to the year the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress) to its design ... nonviolence around the statue. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours ...

The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

There is a bipartisan push to posthumously award boxing legend Muhammad Ali with Congressional Gold Medal, recognizing his ...

The House Oversight Committee is planning its first hearing on the release of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and a possible visit to Dallas.

Governor Johnson did advise businessmen not to comply with the civil-rights act until it had been tested ... on a large scale. When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support of ...

Parents at Defense Department schools in Europe have been asking Congress to intervene as ... posters of civil rights icons such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks for fear they could ...

For seven and half years from 1960 to April 4, 1968, I was privileged to serve Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a political advisor and subsequently ... obtained pursuant to the Freedom of Information ...

If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks of the second Trump Administration, King scholar Lerone A. Martin thinks he would not be surprised. "King said there's nothing new about ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I ...