Jan. 14—I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. That is perhaps the ...

Thirty years ago, a then-19-year-old Stacey Abrams spoke to a crowd of 50,000 as one of the youth speakers at the 30th Anniversary March on Washington. Now, on the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther ...

Lionel Richie once passed up on an opportunity to march alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Freedom Fighters. During a recent interview with The Guardian about his new memoir, “Truly,” the ...

Lionel Richie recalls his upbringing during the civil rights era, revealing how his parents prevented him from joining the ...

The singer recalled longing to be part of the civil rights movement in his youth. Richie's parents forbade him from participating in the movement because they didn't want him to become "stuck in our ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and events were held across the country to honor the late civil rights activist. Many spent the day remembering his efforts advocating ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - It wasn't snapping canine jaws, billy clubs or high pressure hoses. But the bone-chilling cold in the pre-dawn darkness greeting community members on a commemorative Dr. Martin ...

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory, King was ...

Six teenagers are walking to Memphis, Tennessee, on a symbolic journey to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights hero who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, on April 4 ...

Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther King Jr. — but his parents stopped him. While discussing his newly released memoir Truly with The Guardian in an article published Saturday, Oct. 4, the ...