Born Easter Sunday in 1879, Anna Easter Brown was one of the original nine founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha and an iconic figure in Rocky Mount.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund awarded $8.5 million in grants ...

Today's picture of the day, that was captured by late AP photographer Charles Kelly, shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. flanked by other civil rights leaders. The image was taken just a day before King ...

Discussions of diversity, equity and inclusion were banned from the VA's annual MLK lunch. Is Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream ...

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Girard College in Philadelphia in 1965, and the McAllister family are featured in a photo of that day ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that ...

Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...

Fat Tuesday is a holiday steeped in history and tradition. Here’s everything to know about Fat Tuesday and how to celebrate the occasion.

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.