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 ...

(a reference to the year the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress) to its design ... nonviolence around the statue. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours ...

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 the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

The world discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped cover ... This wasn’t just any act of kindness; it was a beacon of change. King pointed out that it was ...

One of President Trump’s first executive orders mentions the potential use of the Insurrection Act of 1807. Here’s what that ...

Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis and others ... With attention focused on the anniversary, Democrats also hope to press Congress to act on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

Civil rights are not reversible. Once the ratchet of rights has been opened, they cannot tighten. This was the argument of Martin Luther King, Jr, who stated numerous times, including after the famous ...

This was one of the great lessons learned by Martin Luther King Jr. and others in the Civil Rights ... the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Arguably, through their actions, they made America a genuine ...