Learn about MLK's family life, his role in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech before he was assassinated in 1968.

A storied Cocoa house that hosted MLK, civil rights leaders to be rededicated in honor of late Pastor W.O. Wells ...

Dr. William Anderson, the Georgia doctor and World War II veteran who stepped out of his office to lead a pivotal movement in ...

An osteopath in Albany, Ga., he drew national attention, and the involvement of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for his efforts to end segregation.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a leading figure in the civil rights movement who ran twice as the Democratic candidate for president, has died at the age of 84. The news was confirmed in a statement from his ...

Politics Updated on Feb 17, 2026 1:09 PM EDT — Published on Feb 17, 2026 6:39 AM EDT CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential ...

A Civil Rights Movement leader, former Ambassador to the United Nations and former mayor of Atlanta visited the Capital City Thursday. Andrew Young toured the Two Mississippi Museums before he was ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the renowned civil rights leader who marched alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president twice, has passed away at 84, his family announced on ...

(RNS) — Ahead of the midterm elections this fall, Pastor Mike McBride, a longtime Black voter mobilization strategist, is spearheading an initiative for church and community leaders to sit down ...

CHICAGO - The death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Chicago civil rights leader and political trailblazer who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has prompted an outpouring of tributes from across ...

Angela Davis, left, autographs posters under the watchful eye of fellow activists and bodyguards in 1973. At right, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson is arrested in Louisiana in 2016 while ...