Near the end of the 19th century, Memphis found itself in an unenviable position. A series of yellow fever outbreaks had killed thousands of residents and ...

Herbert Parson, a Memphis sanitation worker for more than 45 years, was honored by former President Barack Obama for sacrifice in 1968 sanitation workers strike.

Bailey Jr. said he’s skeptical of President Trump’s motives. “I don’t think we’re going to get any real - any more hard, factual data pertaining to the assassination tha ...

Some of the older people doubtless remember the genesis of the “I Am a Man” slogan — the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike in which workers ... week period he worked adjacent to Rev. Martin ...

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F.

On Monday, communities across Michigan will gather to honor the legacy of the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King ...

Dr. Martin Luther King (center) is surrounded by leaders of the sanitation strike in Memphis as he ... [+] arrived to lead a march in support of the striking workers in 1968. Shortly after the ...

Joe Calhoun, photographed at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, needs no reminders of the 1968 sanitation ... to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during ...

On Monday, communities across Michigan will gather to honor the legacy of the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., who visited ... to support a strike by sanitation workers, King's ...