Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...

It’s no secret that there are numerous barriers to mental health care. Luckily, there are a few simple things that you can do ...

A Walk of Peace began at the corner of Bridge and Martin Luther King Avenue. It proceeded to the corner of Bonner ... to gun violence is one too many,” said Yusheika. “We want to help our community ...

Reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march, highlighting the ongoing struggle for civil rights and ...

Eig's most recent book, "King: A Life," recently won a Pulitzer Prize and explores the complexities of Martin Luther King Jr.'s ... of marchers at the Detroit Walk to Freedom.

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

In an op-ed, SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang reflects on 60 years of struggle, marching and sacrifices for civil, ...

Before Trump tapped him for the prosecutor spot, Martin was named deputy policy director of the Republican National Committee’s platform committee to help craft the 2024 GOP platform.