In 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. was as potent with his civil rights movement nationally as he was in his native Atlanta.

The history of Memorial Day goes back further than most people realize—and its original name might surprise you ...

The A.G. Gaston Motel, a historic site of the civil rights movement, will close temporarily starting May 9 for an 18-month ...

President Donald Trump compared crowd sizes between his July 4th celebration and Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech on Thursday. Trump was speaking to the press about the ...

Data from the National Constitution Center recorded an estimated 250,000 people came to the nation’s capitol on August 28, 1963 to march for civil rights before hearing King’s speech. While taking ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that more people came to see his 2019 July Fourth speech at the Lincoln Memorial than came to see the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” ...

President Donald Trump compared crowd sizes between his July 4th celebration and Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech, while talking about fixing up the Lincoln Memorial reflecting ...

President Donald Trump is yet again comparing his crowd sizes to a prominent Black figure, but this time, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, who infamously claimed to have brought out ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Mason Temple was completed in 1945 following the destruction of the original church by fire. Today, the church serves as the world headquarters for the Church of God in ...

Mason Temple, the historic site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech and the headquarters of the Church of God in Christ, was awarded a $1.2 million federal grant, COGIC clergy and staff announced ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Standing in the spot where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Church of God in Christ leaders said Monday that a $1.2 ...