It was 57 years ago this fall when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the Great Neck Forum Club on Long Island. On Thursday, ...

Freshman Erika Womack, a student at Morse High School, has found her voice through writing, fueled by a powerful dream for ...

Mayor Eric Adams rubbed elbows with President Trump’s surrogates for at least the fourth time in recent weeks as he tries to ...

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made a difference and should be celebrated this month? If so, we want to hear.

As time inevitably passes, we must remember that speeches of this magnitude were not given in a vacuum—they were calls to ...

Dr. King was invited to speak at “The Sunday Evening Forum" on the University of Arizona campus. Tucson native Jacque Barnes ...

The president says the garden, which was planned during his first term, will feature statues of the 250 "greatest Americans who ever lived." ...

Black History Month celebrations in the valley continue as local officials honor individuals who have significantly ...

“The children of negro spirituals got to be the blues and then came jazz and R&B, and all of them used what was developed in the spiritual which was improvisation,” Jones said. The beats and melodies ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Lena Zewdu Feleke is a senior at Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School and a student from the School for Science and Math ...

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. (WVVA) -While we’ve already passed this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the celebration of the civil rights leader’s life is continuing in our area. Due to inclement weather, ...