The Plainfield Performing Arts Center will host “The Black Experience: A Civil Rights Museum Showcase” from noon to 7 p.m.

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...

The historic St. Johns County jail that once held MLK Jr. faces possible demolition, stirring community efforts to preserve ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

Southern California is home to a wide variety of events that celebrate this important month, from creative workshops and live ...

Watching the film, “A Complete Unknown,” about Bob Dylan and his early days starting out on his road to fame, helped me realize how much this musician was such an ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Tuesday marked the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at UW-Eau Claire.

Omaha residents honor the historic civil rights marches with a local march, emphasizing the importance of remembering and continuing the struggle for equal rights.

The event was seen as a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement, as protests followed the killers' acquittal in court. At about the same time, an African-American woman named Rosa Parks ...

A controversial art billboard featuring the MAGA slogan overlaid across a photo of a historic assault on civil rights ...