WASHINGTON – While Donald Trump is being sworn in as president for the second time on Monday, civil rights activists plan to take a different oath just a few blocks from the White House. They will ...

By Rev. Jacqueline Decker Vanderpol, Rabbi Fred Greene and Rev. Mary Kate Rejouis Throughout history, our faith traditions have spoken truth to power. Today, we write as religious leaders united in a ...

The long-sealed files related to the FBI’s yearslong surveillance of civil rights icon Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were released Monday by the Trump administration. Before that, the more than ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On the morning of April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. readied to head to Memphis, Tennessee, for the ...

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 ...

Monday, Jan. 20 marks a federal holiday, but it's not for Inauguration Day -- it's in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though King's birthday was on Jan. 15, the holiday honoring the civil ...

What does it mean to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on the same day Donald Trump assumes the presidency? King and Trump represent two opposing visions of race and its role in American life.

What you need to know about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Over a half-century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support and bring attention to a strike by more than ...