As Philadelphia is gearing up to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20, organizations are poised to honor his ...

Multiple artists and organizations have collaborated to paint murals at various locations of the Phillis Wheatley Elementary ...

The Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship, 125 S. Pleasant St. in Oberlin, will celebrate Black History Month with its first “Still We Rise: Oberlin’s Black Women of Excellence” program at 11:30 ...

Six days of events in Greenville will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The second annual "Unity Weekend" kicked off on Wednesday, launching the first of a total six-day stretch ...

The organizations and museums celebrating MLK Day through concerts, exhibits, and volunteer opportunities in Philadelphia.

1901—Hiram R. Revels, the first African-American elected to the United States Senate, died on this day in Aberdeen, Miss. Revels, a pol­itician, minister and educator was of Black and Cherokee descent ...

The YWCA's Knoxville group organizes the event each year as a way to bring people together to honor diversity and work toward ...

One woman said her grandchild and other students ran for cover Tuesday morning, trying to avoid dogs at a bus stop. Amid recent concerns, people in Algiers are on edge following recent dog attacks in ...

MIAMI — Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m ...

∎ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration: Come hear the words of civil rights icon Ruby Bridges at the Spartanburg ...

The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award.