Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association on ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... Shortly after his arrival, Rosa Parks would make history when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...

Black leaders in Montgomery formed the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) and asked a young preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. to help lead them. And on the day that Rosa Parks was ...

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice movements today.

On Tuesday, as it has since 2004, Major League Baseball is commemorating the day 78 years ago that Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – An effort in Congress to honor Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks could make Dec ... holiday approved in the U.S. since Martin Luther King Jr. Day almost 40 years earlier.