Tchanori Kone's words won her the first place at a Houston speech competition. — -- A fifth-grade Texas girl paid tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years after his death with ...

WASHINGTON (WHSV) - Fifty-two years ago today on Aug. 28, 1963, about 250,000 Americans gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As the nation marks the 62nd anniversary of the largest gathering for civil rights in our country's history, Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" on the National Mall, we ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first radio commercial, on station WEAF. In 1941, Nazi German, Hungarian and Ukrainian police ...

New York Times Coverage Avoids the Third Rails of Sex Trafficking The iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech urged us to fight against, not double down on, racial resentment. This week marks the anniversary ...

Clarence Jones was Martin Luther King Jr.'s draft speech writer. Aug. 28, 2013— -- On August 28th, 1963, Clarence Jones stood about 50 feet behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he reverend ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s ties to North Carolina and the 'I Have a Dream' speech MLK Jr. first delivered the speech in Rocky Mount in November 1962, nine months before the famous national mall speech.

Doing justice onstage to the legacies of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is a high bar; higher still are the present stakes for making the most of the opportunity. At Ford’s Theatre, ...

The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech provided many opportunities to see video clips of the speech. I was struck by the goosebumps I felt each time. Why the goosebumps?

Bernice A. King has never been one for protocol, especially when she has good intentions. So when she found herself in the Vatican on March 12, 2018, in a private, quiet moment with Pope Francis, the ...

American Idol star and Samson native Crews Wright shared what led him to write Thursday's new album and how he hopes to continue helping his community.