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The deep history of the Penn Center, a former school for enslaved West Africans, and its connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Any day now, thousands of previously classified documents related to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are set to be released — ...
Thank you to all those who joined us for our Tenth Richard M. Fairbanks Symposium on Civic Leadership. Our theme, Civic Spirit: Religion and Leadership in Indianapolis, proved to be one that resonated ...
April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...
A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...
Rev. Robert Sherman McCathern was inducted into the prestigious 39th Martin Luther King, Jr. College of Ministers and Laity ...
Plans are underway to build a stand-alone library to house Vivian’s thousands of books, while House Democrats are pushing for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has opposed the decision to release the documents before they have a chance to review them.
Now that Women’s History Month has concluded, there’s been one more broad attack on methods of sharing our nation’s history. On March 27, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order affecting ...
From a trio of plant sales to Free Family Day at the Stax Museum to the Time Warp Drive-In, here are some spring events to ...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said yesterday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and draw inspiration from American civil rights leader Martin Luther King ...
A year after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination ... Scott King tried unsuccessfully to persuade the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1965 to take a stand on Vietnam.