I’m thinking about how the 83-year-old is on borrowed time to craft a For You Page that speaks to his sensibilities, before the TikTok-ban hammer comes down on Sunday, January 19. I’m thinking about ...

Activists want to safeguard policies and avoid funding cuts to social-service programs that largely support Black and Latino communities, and to challenge companies that have rolled back or eliminated ...

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on Monday, Jan. 20, those who attended an annual program on Friday afternoon will have a lot to think about. The event, entitled “Martin Luther King Jr.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8) named acclaimed pianist and Ku Klux Klan infiltrator ...

The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the ...

Common elements like memorability, teachability and timelessness can lead to songs moving from the stage to the streets.

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Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

A Complete Unknown's account of Dylan's crucial transitional period misses the most interesting thing about it ...

The 'Freedom Movement' for civil rights was a turning point in history - Martin Luther King Jr said there was one genre of music essential to powering it.