Channel 2’s Karyn Greer sat down exclusively with Martin Luther King III before he heads down to participate in the annual march. “I’ve gone to just about every anniversary,” he said.

A delegation from the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will travel to Selma, Alabama on March 7 & 8 to commemorate ...

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

This strong academic education also enabled King to hone the breathtaking, riveting speeches that mesmerized the country and the world and positively changed history for so many citizens.

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died at age 84. His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., told CNN that his ...

Reaction is pouring in over the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time ...

President Trump also remembers Jackson as a "force of nature" with "lots of personality, grit and street smarts".

LOS ANGELES -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is likely the first name that comes to mind when you think of the Civil Rights Movement. The preacher, turned dynamic orator and community leader, has a ...

In "Hoops, Hopes & Dreams," we see how Martin Luther King Jr. used basketball to help fuel the civil rights movement and the power of sports. LOS ANGELES -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is likely the ...

His New Federal Theater in New York provided a rare stage for Black playwrights and emerging actors, among them Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Chadwick Boseman. By Laura Collins-Hughes Woodie ...