Martin Luther King Jr. was one of America’s most transformational leaders. His impact on the American Civil Rights Movement ...

Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who operated mostly in Philadelphia. He was known for his more aggressive push for change and ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

Bernice A. King urged people to get her "Daddy's Dream right." Here's why experts think this part of the civil rights ...

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero in a movie yet ... educators and community leaders. One of them, Mattiwilda, became a famous opera singer in ...

The seat is part of the Museum of the American Revolution's exhibit on the Declaration of Independence, opening Oct. 18.

Trump's inauguration. The comments, some almost word for word from King's 1963 speech, came on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the commemoration of the civil rights leader's birthday and a federal ...

King delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on ... 10th December 1964: American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) (left) receives the Nobel Prize for Peace ...

Celebrate the Legacy of Famous Civil Rights Leaders Learn more about famous civil rights leaders, influential people and changemakers in Atlanta and their impact on the history of the city and the ...

Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud over 100 years ago. The outgoing ...

Editor’s Note: The following are famous quotes from the late civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of ...

Google celebrated MLK’s 96th birthday with a special doodle created by an Atlanta artist and scholar. This highlights the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the Selma to Montgomery March, key events in the ...