On March 19, 1935, the so-called Harlem Riot broke out after a crowd of onlookers mistakenly believed that a white business ...

Still, some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest relatives continued to ... which they had not found in southwest Georgia and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

Living and working in Harlem during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, Bearden was surrounded by such figures as Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and other well-known artists, writers, and musicians.

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks during the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. Courtesy U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan ...