On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton fulfilled his dream to purchase the Waldorf-Astoria in 1949. He called the luxury hotel on Park ...

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 ...

For proud, native Detroiter Norm Taylor, coaching high school baseball is a "challenge" he embraces, while honoring his ...

When it comes to family loyalties, Falcon Mickel’s beliefs are aligned with those of an iconic civil rights leader. “He said ...

Broadway’s 2024-25 season has gotten off to a rather extraordinarily fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful ...

What is Alabama famous for? Southern hospitality, civil rights history, peanuts and pecan pie are things to experience in ...

Despite wide opposition to the Vietnam War from such Black luminaries as the late Dr. Martin Luther King ... was Natalie Cole, the wild-hearted daughter of showbiz legend Nat King Cole, with ...

‘All Day and a Night,’ directed by Joe Robert Cole ... a key player of the Civil Rights Movement, and a trusted advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. He is also the one who organized the historic March on ...