Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

OBITUARY: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement, has passed away at the age of ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book Trailblazers and Torchbearers dives into the stories of female leaders ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

Today's picture of the day, that was captured by late AP photographer Charles Kelly, shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. flanked by other civil rights leaders. The image was taken just a day before King ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there.

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy, the city of Evanston extended the one-day celebration to a weekend filled with performances, speeches and community bonding events. The city’s ...

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

In Albany, community members and officials march to honor the legacy of slain civil rights icon on the 40th anniversary of the national holiday By Lori Van Buren, Staff Photographer Jan 19, 2026 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 19, this year. Observed annually on the third Monday in January, the federal holiday is set aside to recognize civil rights leader, Martin Luther King ...