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

Investigators in Tennessee say a fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a ...

Fothergill, then 19, along with hundreds of other students, some Black and some white, took part in the peaceful walkout as ...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested May 9 outside an immigrant detention center, though federal prosecutors later decided to ...

It's not about doing any favors, Burlington resident Sam Brown told me. This a Knoxville investment that is long overdue.

The fire that destroyed historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis was the result of arson, and a person of interest is being sought, officials announced. The Memphis Fire ...

Bronzeville Center for the Arts will demolish a former DNR site to build a $55M African American museum and cultural space in Milwaukee.

Bronzeville Center for the Arts to raze old DNR site for a 55 million museum, marking a major step in revitalizing Milwaukee ...

Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. Here's what to know about the ...

Boston commemorated the 1965 Freedom Rally by unveiling "Freedom March Square" and echoing civil rights activism.

Gerald "Mike" Fothergill walked out of Hartford Public High School with hundreds of other students in 1968 to protest the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. That walk got him expelled from school ...

FDOT crews have laid down new eight-foot-wide sidewalks on Highland Avenue from Violet Street south to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The improvements will expand in the future.