What better time to “come to the table” to work toward the ideals of unity, liberty and justice for all that we recite in the Pledge of Allegiance. What better time to lift our voices and take a stand ...

A documentary covering Stevie Wonder’s work to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a holiday is now in production.

Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

Jack Corn worked for The Tennessean for more than 20 years, telling the stories of Nashville through photojournalism. He died ...

If you're not feeling super celebratory this year—and who can blame you—maybe you'll want to skip the fireworks in favor for ...

In the repetitious cadence of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech, “I have a dream” was followed by “one day.” Those two words, “one day,” made us look to the heavens with promise, hope and ...

From pig ears to "white sauce" to the legendary ribs that fed the civil rights movement, Alabama has a diverse and tangy ...

From pig ears to "white sauce" to the legendary ribs that fed the civil rights movement, Alabama has a diverse and tangy culinary history. Here are the best places to get a taste.

The setting could not have been more iconic: the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin Luther ...

Columbia University student activist Mohsen Mahdawi discusses getting arrested at his US citizenship hearing—and how he ...

When he was growing up in Marion, Arthur “Scrapper” Broady knew one of his cousins as Uncle Jim who would share stories he’d ...