Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...

The act was passed in parliament in November 1965 - two years after civil rights activists in Bristol boycotted the Bristol ...

Art Broady’s free presentation, "The Dream … We Almost Never Heard," will be at noon Sunday, March 16, at First ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

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 ...

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In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...

Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...

The Nevada County Superintendent of Schools wrapped up an unforgettable 38th Annual Speech Tournament, where talented 4th through 8th graders delivered powerful speeches about an influential person in ...

More than six decades after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Enrich makes a ...

The presumed fight for free speech has become a masterclass in silencing. Politicians champion the First Amendment while ...