The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

Civil Rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., is most remembered for his use of nonviolence and civil ...

Peniel Joseph writes about this pivotal year in his new book, "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights ...

Lawson was an apostle of nonviolent protest — and close adviser to Rev. Martin ... Luther King Jr. — who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil ...

Investigators in Tennessee say a fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 ...

Orange High School teacher LeShun “Ship” Collins says his eyes filled with tears when he learned that he had been selected to ...

The NBA legend writes about the importance of protest for social justice in new book, "We All Want to Change the World." ...

The notorious and historic Clayborn Temple, located in Memphis, was partially burned to the ground in a fire on April 28. The ...

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr. marched with Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and later ...

Before the April 28 fire at the Downtown church, there were fires at the Memphis home of the nonprofit’s leader and another ...