The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis will live on across America Thursday, with more than 1,600 events scheduled on the ...

Lewis' legacy as a civil rights activist and lawmaker spans decades and numerous administrations. What to know as planned protests invoke his legacy.

In a deal that was more of a decade in the making, the library acquired The Call’s photography archive, which contains ...

A man has been charged in the murder of a 30-year-old woman. Police said she was found dead at a South Side home, ...

Forgotten openly gay activist spearheaded the historic 1963 March on Washington, which had an estimated 250,000 attendees.

The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League to promote nonviolence, racial harmony, community empowerment and educational opportunity for all Arkansans.

President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Wikimedia Commons/Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report The 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Martin Luther King Jr. planned ...

Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., receives the Key to the City of Gary during a press conference in the city.

The National Civil Rights Museum will host a ceremony to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. means many things to many people. He was a martyr, a champion of equality and the iconic symbol of the civil rights movement. He has touched countless thousands of ...