Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

You might remember him as “Berkeley’s Waving Man.” That’s what most people called him, although others called him Charley ...

Army veteran Stephan Smerk, 53, pleaded guilty in October to the 1994 stabbing death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was ...

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work ...

An application is in to form a governing body overseeing the proposed 1,887-home Riverway development with a marina and public park space along the Brazos River 2 miles from downtown.

He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.

My schedule has been erratic this winter while I deal with some of that real-world stuff, which I’ll have some more to say about it in a near-future newsletter or column. Meanwhile, the fight for a ...

“Just Playin’ Around” is the newest exhibit at Portland State University and is curated by Nancy Downes-Le Guin and Theo ...

During the Inauguration Day events, specifically the week of Jan. 20, 2025, which also was the federal holiday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... posted a photo of her smiling with her hands ...

During the Inauguration Day events, specifically the week of Jan. 20, 2025, which also was the federal holiday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Melania Trump attended ... Melania Trump posted a photo ...

James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was ...