In February 1960, Clarence B. Jones received a phone call from a friend who informed him that a Georgia preacher, Martin Luther King, Jr., had been indicted for tax evasion. The friend, Hubert Delany, ...

Natchez High student Nya Brandon, recognized for a 34 ACT score that tops 99% of test takers, juggles honors roles, choir leadership, and plans for a future career in adolescent psychiatry.

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

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who died Tuesday visited Rochester several times during his career, most prominently as a keynote speaker on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2000 to honor ...

Be The People' joined NBA Cares and Habitat Humanity for the 18th annual NBA Cares All-Star Day of Service in Los Angeles.

Sometime in the spring of 1988 I got a call. I was then Executive Producer of Appalshop Films, part of a multi-media Appalachian cultural center here in Whitesburg, Kentucky. On the other end of the ...

In 1988, the power brokers of the Democratic Party watched a Chicago civil rights leader, a maverick with a movement he called a “Rainbow Coalition,” start to threaten the presidential candidacy of ...

In 1988, the power brokers of the Democratic Party watched a Chicago civil rights leader, a maverick with a movement he called a "Rainbow Coalition," start to threaten the presidential candidacy of ...

Two renowned Fort Myers residents will have places of honor at Saturday's Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade: A football legend and a boxing champ.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the "March on Washington," where King delivered his famous ...

The morning of Martin Luther King Day, my wife and I explained Dr. King's legacy to our children. We told them how he was the greatest leader of the Civil Rights Movement, which fought to guarantee ...