Plans are underway to build a stand-alone library to house Vivian’s thousands of books, while House Democrats are pushing for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Though he attacked Donald Trump, Booker also made appeals to the same myth of American innocence that the administration leans on.

Lonnie G. Bunch III has never been afraid to address white supremacy. The leader of the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums ...

Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr will be released in the coming ... those concerning the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. In March, the National Archives released ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President ... the declassification of records related to John F. Kennedy, RFK, and MLK Jr. The King material could prove embarrassing for the civil ...

The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary ... including State Representative Justin Pearson and Memphis ...

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for ...

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

Sixty-four years ago today, a crowd of eager students piled into Thompson Chapel for regular Sunday Services. Curious ...