Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was the muse for artist Samuel Benson. Salvaged from a crack house in Chester, Pennsylvania, the work ...

It may seem improvisation is a fairly new invention: jazz musicians trading solos or comedians telling jokes on the spot. But ...

Continuing one of America's most influential legacies, Dr. Bernice A. King has established herself as a formidable force for justice and reconciliation in her own right. As we mark Black History ...

Colgate University hosted Jonathan Eig to give a talk on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. — “Beyond The Dream: Embracing a More Complicated Martin Luther King” — on Tuesday, Feb. 11. In 2024, Eig ...

Malcolm X had been a public critic of King and rejected the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s direction on race relations.

Faith Petric, who died at 98 in 2013, is the subject of “Singing for Justice.” The film screens Feb. 22, 2025, at the Roxie ...

About 1,000 miles away, in Selma, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting ... was ...

There's new life in a historic building in Milwaukee's Bronzeville district, called ThriveOn King. Located at 2153 N. Dr.

The words of Gwen Day Fuller, who stood among thousands at the 1963 March on Washington, resonated through the room more than 60 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family is concerned that President Trump's order to release records about his assassination could revive the FBI's attempts to discredit him — efforts that sought to ...