The African American Museum of Philadelphia hosted a “Everyday Freedom Heroes” costume contest to highlight Black Americans’ ...

Remembering Bernard Lafayette and his nonviolent yet relentless march for social justice and freedom throughout history.

Santita Jackson thanked Gov. Henry McMaster for the honor. The Republican governor approved the family’s request after the office of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a similar request that ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

At least eight guns were fired during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebratory event that left a 29-year-old woman dead.

Flags were lowered to half-staff this morning in South Carolina, where civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in repose at the state capitol.

Crowds of mourners, including many dignitaries, lined up in Chicago as cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began Thursday in the city the late civil rights leader called ...

A counterintelligence program sought to neutralise their efforts.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died at age 84. His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., told CNN that his ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate.

President Trump also remembers Jackson as a "force of nature" with "lots of personality, grit and street smarts".

These historic addresses are of great importance as they document the personal and political development of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in Atlanta before becoming a ...