On October 25, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced in Decatur, Georgia for protesting segregation at a department store lunch counter.

In an Oct. 26, 1967, speech he gave to middle school students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, Dr. Martin ...

Vote! Vote! Vote!” Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, the single word was chanted by ...

More millions will show up for this and future demonstrations if collective joy, humor, satire, and nonviolent action prevail ...

On the morning of 14 October 1964, Martin Luther King, sleeping in an Atlanta hospital room after checking in for a rest, was awakened by a phone call from his wife, Coretta Scott King, telling him ...

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 ...

Richie opens up about his experience growing up during the civil rights movement in his new memoir Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty; Bettmann Archive/Getty Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — All lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive are closed between Alamance Church Road and the I-40 westbound exit after a vehicle crash, city officials said. No injuries have been ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – All lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive are closed between Alamance Church Road and I-40, as well as the I-40 westbound exit to Martin Luther King Jr Drive after a crash, ...

'I was longing to be part of it. And my parents kept telling me it was dangerous,' said Richie. Former Commodores singer Lionel Richie recently revealed that, while growing up in Alabama, he had an ...

The annual Greater Philadelphia MLK Day of Service, one of the region’s largest volunteering and charitable events, will be hosted by Temple University next year for the first time since 2009. “Dr.

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