DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — As the country pauses to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the City of Houston will begin a new tradition to honor his...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — The Annual MLK Community Summit is an opportunity for people of Gary and surrounding communities to come together to honor the contributions of...
THE AFRO — The devastation of the 24 day old (at this reporting) government shutdown is growing and resources are dwindling for many D.C. residents.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — This year, two performers usually associated with theater, Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, will share the marquee to present a new incarnation...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To measure America’s progress in harmonizing racial groups, WalletHub researchers measured the gaps between blacks and whites across 22 key indicators of equality...
THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUE — Citizens Bank presented the museum with a $25,000 contribution on behalf of the Citizens Charitable Foundation.
MISSISSIPPI LINK — Jackson State University is pleased to announce that Lottie Joiner will be the keynote speaker for the 51st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — Kennesaw State University will host a week of activities honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day beginning with a luncheon and keynote address by...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Over the past 14 years, Living Jazz has provided FREE music education to Oakland public elementary schools serving high percentages of...
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — The annual DreamWeek Summit will return to San Antonio for its seventh consecutive year in January 2019.
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — 50 year serves as a great opportunity to look back and see how far race in America has come and according to...
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March, is scheduled for Monday, January 21, 2019
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Vernon Tyson was like a father and bishop to me and the Moral Monday movement,” said the Rev. Dr. William Barber, the architect...
Congresswoman Lee with Memphis Sanitation workers who striked with Dr. King fifty years ago for equal pay and safer working conditions. Photo from @RepBarbaraLee twitter account....
(The Smoking Gun) – Izola Ware Curry, the “demented black woman” who nearly killed Martin Luther King, Jr. by plunging a steel letter opener into...
Eleven people were recognized by the Marin County Human Rights Commission for their contributions to the community at the 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award Dinner...
Kim Kardashian commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by tweeting a video of her husband Kanye West reciting a poem to the civil rights leader from when he was 12 years...
The Century Hilltop 16 joined 11 Bay Area movie theatres in providing middle and high school students with free-admission to view the movie Selma. Scores of...
George Stark, DAILYMAIL.CO.UK (The Daily Mail)—Madonna has apologized after she posted Instagram photos of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela that were altered to look...
In an impromptu visit to Emiliano Zapata Street Academy in Oakland on Tuesday, Rev. Jesse Jackson sat down in a circle with students to discuss police...
Oakland teachers are still waiting to see if the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) will re-establish a curriculum website that provided federally funded history curriculum units...
Teachers, community members and students are complaining that the Oakland Unified School District has violated academic freedom when it unilaterally, without any public discussion, shut down...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined hundreds of celebrants to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and mark the reopening of the National Civil Rights Museum in...
Five Marin City pastors spoke on what the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday means to them during the local MLK celebration, held Monday, Jan. 20 at...