A confidant and lawyer for Martin Luther King, he was an unseen hand behind major civil rights events, including the 1963 ...

Colbert is giving fans an inside look at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

*W.E.B. Du Bois said it in 1903: “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” Over 120 years ...

Callais, effectively narrowing Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act—thus making it harder to challenge voting maps that ...

The reflecting pool, which stretches more than 2,000 feet along the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, is one of the most recognizable sites in the nation’s ...

Donald Trump bizarrely compared a previous July 4th speech from himself to Martin Luther King Jr's well-known 'I Have a Dream' speech. The president welcomed the press into the Oval Office on Thursday ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that more people came to see his 2019 July Fourth speech at the Lincoln Memorial than came to see the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” ...

President Donald Trump is yet again comparing his crowd sizes to a prominent Black figure, but this time, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, who infamously claimed to have brought out ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace and nonviolent social change. By Peter Applebome This obituary was ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week at the age of 84. The civil rights leader, minister, and protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped shape the modern Democratic Party. Abby Phillip is an ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev ...