While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...

In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book ...

Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity.

When the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., rolls around, I frequently find my mind wandering to the Mississippi ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

Thousands of people took to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to take in history and ...

Rochelle "Shelly" Dahmer writes an illustrated biography about her husband's slain grandfather, Vernon Dahmer, with 9- to 12-year-olds in mind.

Almost immediately after being sworn in as America’s 47th president, Donald Trump reportedly will sign 200 executive orders ...

Hundreds of people visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy ...