1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...

In 1962, Chavez, by then a Navy veteran, left his job with the Community Service Organization, a Latino civil rights group and, inspired by the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King ...

Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr will be released in the coming days, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday. President Donald Trump signed an executive ...

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for ...

National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin ...

The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...

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 ...

Kendrick Lamar just released the music video for "Luther," with a sneaky Drake dig via its director. The music video for the SZA-assisted single, released Friday, was directed by Karena Evans.

I didn’t even know what I was really walking into. I didn’t feel nervous at all,” Marsai Martin tells Variety, looking back at her early years in the business. “Nine-year-old me had the ...

Jaime King is opening up for the first time about the "terrifying" loss of custody of her two sons to ex-husband Kyle Newman Last month, the "White Chicks" actress' ex-husband and "Fanboys ...

The new red light cameras will be located at: US Hwy 17 at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The cameras, operated by Verra Mobility, go live April 21st. “I believe that we have given plenty of notice.