For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was ...

Dozens of fourth graders were asked to imagine they were slaves Thursday as they packed themselves into a small gallery at the Carnegie Center for the Visual Arts in Decatur. Jessica Emrick, exhibit ...

Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Picture: AFP Trump ordered the release of all files from Kennedy’s 1963 assassination — which ...

Costa blew his own cover Wednesday by being one of 10 Democrats who joined the House’s slim Republican majority in voting to ...

George E. Johnson, at 97, is a rich man. He’s been a rich man since the 1960s. He’s owned yachts, cattle ranches and a home ...

“The photos and videos that we’ve all seen ... Congressman Jim Costa shares a laugh with Venancio Gaona during the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March in front of Fresno City Hall on Jan ...

Some people said they wanted to see new parks crop up across the city — again ... New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day and Memorial Day. Because of recent technical ...

After joining the Polish Workers’ Party, Mr. Turski became a committed Communist official: He enforced censorship, imposed crop quotas ... by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Years later ...