FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WBAY) - Communities across the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with acts of service, prayer, and parades. King is remembered for his work in the civil rights movement ...

Had he lived, Martin Luther King Jr. would be 95 years old this year. The tragic brevity of his life, cut short by an assassin in 1968, remains a testament to the enduring impact he made during his ...

But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an ...

I struggled with what I wanted to write for this year’s final column of Black History Month, mainly because of the assault on anything relating to our history today. The efforts to rewrite, much less ...

Introduction : The cry for justice -- The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee -- The letter. Diplomat ...

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen, who ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is widely regarded as one of the most important texts of the Civil Rights Movement. Ahead of the MLK holiday on Monday, HarperCollins has ...

A powerful new exhibit in Philadelphia traces the ripple effects of the Declaration of Independence across the globe and ...

There are seminal times in history when things just explode and our lives are changed forever. This happened in Birmingham, Ala., in April and May of 1963. It was my first year in college and my ...