These songs tell stories of suffering, faith and hope, but this part of American history that has existed for centuries is in ...

City Year Tulsa will lead its annual MLK Day of Service—not in January, but in the heat of spring. By hosting the event in ...

In 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore. In 1856, Lawrence, Kan., was burned by ...

Civil Rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., is most remembered for his use of nonviolence and civil ...

Memorial Day traces its earliest origins to the courageous efforts of African American soldiers who fought valiantly in the ...