For decades, the existing statue has received mixed reviews from residents.

The new amenities coming to Martin Luther King Jr. Park in the city’s South Park neighborhood include enhanced facilities for a growing soccer community that practices there.

Jesse Jackson’s children remember his civil rights legacy and describe him as a devoted father after his death at home ...

SUNY Brockport will host its 41st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture Series on Thursday, February 26, from 6 ...

At the Black History Month event Saturday from 1-3, Thomas​ will discuss what has been done—and what can be done—to protect voting rights.

We break down the significance of the potential locations, including Leimert Park, Central Avenue, Exposition Park, Adams Boulevard near Arlington Avenue and others.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Black progress is no longer the point. Real progress would kill the business. The Wildness Industry is not about color, but ...

As a contingent of East St. Louis clergy members and residents walked west toward the center of the Martin Luther King Bridge, they soon caught sight of hundreds of others approaching from St. Louis.

Government offices, the stock market and schools are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day, but most big retailers are open.

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