When Martin Luther King Jr. served as the pastor of an Alabama church during the latter half of the 1950s, he would get food ...

Executive Melissa Agard honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, highlighting equity, education, service, and a 2026 humanitarian award presentation.

In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. CBS News Chicago spoke with him 50 years later about his memories ...

Three former presidents are among those who plan to attend the memorial service for civil rights activist Jesse Jackson March ...

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

The Jackson City Council is expected to discuss them on Tuesday.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson returned to Memphis on April 4, 2022, to mark the 54th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ...

EB Capital Partners is the third developer to come with a plan for a long, narrow site between Weaver Dairy Road and I-40.

The civil rights leader, whose dealmaking skills pushed Wall Street to invest in minority-owned businesses, died on Tuesday.

A surge in mixed-use developments continues to breathe new life into the historic King Drive, but some say there is still work to be done.

Jackson's call to move the 1993 Super Bowl over the lack of an MLK Day holiday showed that racism has a cost. It also inspired others to activism.

Grants were awarded, ranging from $50,000 to $500,000, for capital projects, programming and interpretation, or project planning.