Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

There is no separate black path to power and fulfillment that does not intersect white roots.” While honoring Black History ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

In 1949, The Fellowship House in Pottstown hosted a young Martin Luther King Jr., who sought inspiration from a sermon that would shape his philosophy on non-violence. Seventy-five years later ...

The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson passed through and saw a slave auction in full swing. When King came in 1964 ...

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work ...

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Dr. Derek Barber King Sr., nephew of Martin Luther King Jr., was in Battle Creek Sunday. King Sr. delivered the morning message at Second Missionary Baptist Church Sunday ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A relative of Martin Luther King, Jr. is set to preach in Battle Creek this month. Dr. Derek Barber King Sr. will be a guest preacher at the First Presbyterian Church of ...

Dr. Derek Barber King Sr., nephew of Martin Luther King Jr., was in Battle Creek Sunday. King Sr. delivered the morning message at Second Missionary Baptist Church Sunday morning, preceded by a ...