Born April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, she faced segregation head-on from childhood, walking five miles to school while ...

A Sweet Auburn development ensures equitable access to housing, enterprise and community programming while preserving the rich history of the neighborhood.

Advocates for his release have included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, actor and director Robert Redford, and musicians Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte and Jackson Browne.

Martin Luther King III, son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at Great Neck South High School, the same stage ...

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Having conquered daytime, Oprah Winfrey announces plans to conquer primetime.

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal ...

Newbery Medal for Best Children's Book Is Given to Erin Entrada Kelly's 'The First State of Being' NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that ...

PHOENIX — Carolyn L. Garnes is the recipient of the 2025 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was announced today during the American Library Association’s ...

For Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration to be recognized on the same day that Dr. King’s very antithesis is inaugurated into the presidency is to bring Frankie Beverly’s song ...

It started with a victory over No. 25 Baylor on Monday in New Jersey in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic and then continued with a win over Big Ten foe Rutgers on Thursday. The trip will ...

Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King. That was one of several aspects revealed by Malcolm X’s daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, at the 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at Texas A&M ...