The deeply unpopular war led to the biggest and most consequential protest movement in U.S. history. Here are the key events ...

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

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of ...

The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...

As general secretary of the National Council of Churches the Rev. Campbell endorsed priorities such as battling climate change and expanding health care.

I had no idea the Liberty Theatre would be thought of like this,” said Jettie Nesbitt Lights, daughter of the longest manager ...

In May 1943, floodwaters submerged the Russell Miller Milling Co. in Alton, with efforts to pump out the water underway.

He, alongside the teachers who encouraged me to read him, helped me trace the connection between Trump’s courting of the ...

By Brian Lamar, 21st TSC Public AffairsKAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – For nearly three months, between January and March, food service was paused at the ...

Easter Sunday this year coincides with the end of Passover, reflecting the unbreakable tie between the Christian and Jewish faiths.