Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate who died Feb. 17, advocated for years for causes in Arizona.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an iconic civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King and spent more than six decades ...

The Masonic lodge that served as the home base for Dr. King’s activism will soon be open to visitors. It had long been considered endangered.

Famed civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson has died. Jackson, 84, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ...

JustServe volunteers and members of the Church took part in parades and other projects for the MLK Day of Service in Texas ...

Hundreds of people turned out to celebrate the 2026 Martin Luther King Day at a series of Santa Barbara events.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hosted by the Joplin chapter of NAACP and the Missouri Southern Foundation, Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration examined ...

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a conference. His legacy was celebrated on the BYU campus. (Public Domain) Monday, Jan. 19, is a national holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day; a day set aside and ...

Nearly 2,000 people took part in a two-and-a-half-mile march to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and remember the work that is still left to be done. As they marched through the ...