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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March ...

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

More than half a century ago, civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equality in Montgomery, inspiring a national movement through acts of nonviolence What Was on ...

Federal authorities have arrested a suspect accused of setting fire to the Highlander Research and Education Center in ...

The King Chávez Parks FFF Program was created by the Michigan State Legislature in 1986 as part of the larger King Chávez Parks Initiative. The purpose of the FFF Program is to increase the pool of ...

The legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Day was first introduced in 1968, four days after his assassination. Civil rights activists worked for 15 years for it to be established by the federal ...

Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with ... prominent civil rights leaders like King, Rosa ...

Rosa Parks, John Lewis and Martin Luther King, Jr. had ties to the center Highlander is known as a place where Civil Rights icons such as Rosa Parks and John Lewis received training. Parks ...