Everyone from local archaeologist Samuel Butts Sr., to longtime educator and business owner Patricia Heard are honored.

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...

Earl Hardy's film 'King Blvd' explores the challenges faced by residents on MLK Boulevard as they strive to transform their ...

Every city I’ve been to has been the same. Not by how it looks, but by what you will find there. However, there is one thing ...

College professor recounts a civil rights tour, and wonders how to share such topics with students without breaking the law.

Quentin Williams, who died in a car crash two years ago, bought the house where the civil rights leader stayed.

Thanks to South Dakota State University student Thomas Reynolds, Brookings will be the first town in South Dakota with a road ...

Rev. Milford L. Griner, president and founder of Gainesville’s Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee (RPQCC), also took the ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a street name is a powerful gesture—but many American cities miss the mark. Instead ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change ... Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, just to name a few. In a piece he wrote for the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, King had this to ...