Last Wednesday, Grand Valley State University hosted nationally recognized scholar Dr. Dar Mayweather as keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week. Mayweather, a two-time GVSU ...

Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.

In November of 2024, I found myself standing in front of a modest home on South Jackson Street in Montgomery, Alabama. It was once the parsonage of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and from 1954 to 1960 ...

Western Michigan University (WMU) invited scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West to celebrate MLK Day Jan. 19.

CNN host Abby Phillip was forced to intervene when a debate nearly spilled over into a physical altercation. Phillip presided ...

Civil rights were never a demand—they were an insistence on equal protection under law. But for King, civil rights were not an endpoint; they were the foundation of a moral vision encompassing ...

King spoke to human flourishing: how people are educated, how communities sustain themselves, how faith shapes courage, how ...

The theme for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as set by the The King Center, is “Mission Possible 2: Building ...

Here are some of the many events scheduled in major Florida cities to honor civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...

The celebration, featuring keynote speaker Kevin Cosby, will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church ...

The theme for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as set by the The King Center in Atlanta, is “Mission Possible 2: ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 19, an annual celebration of the life, work, and vision of one of America’s most fervent and prominent civil rights leaders, who would have turned 97 on January ...