Lenora “Nook” Hamer Flakes was a lifelong resident of Ruleville, Mississippi. According to Mississippi Today, she worked as ...

Hezekiah Watkins, the youngest Freedom Rider, spent five days in a cell on Mississippi's death row. Now, the city of Jackson ...

As we prepare to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are inviting faculty, staff and students to take part in Mississippi State University’s MLK Days of Service on Tuesday [Jan. 20] and ...

Your Majesty, your royal highness, Mr. president, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a ...

Speakers who gathered to commemorate the late American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr called on the community to ...

A Mississippi lawmaker has introduced legislation to separate the state’s joint celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. and ...

On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...

Organizations from across the metro area spent the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday serving others in the community.

A nonprofit operating transitional homes in Jackson County wants to expand to Biloxi, but nearby property owners are ...

The utility company organizes the annual cleanup on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as a way to give back to the ...

Betty Daniels Rosemond, a freedom rider and Cincinnati resident, has died. She was 86. Rosemond spent most of her life ...

Several events were held in Green Bay in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Children distilled King's message most simply into ...