Even an activist as legendary as Martin Luther King Jr. needed someone to help him up sometimes, and that was never more true than when King was stabbed in the chest with a letter opener at a 1958 book signing in Harlem.

Meagan Good compared her relationship with Jonathan Majors to that of Martin Luther King Jr.'s romance with Coretta Scott King as she appeared on ‘The Breakfast Club’ on Jan. 17. The actor has previously compared himself and Good to MLK Jr.

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New York City has announced changes to trash collection and alternate side parking. The Department of Sanitation is suspending trash, curbside composting,

Coretta once said that while Martin had to be serious in public, he was a playful, humorous family man. See glimpses of that in these heartwarming images.

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring."

But in revoking President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 Executive Order 11246 that launched our decades-long imposition of de facto racial quotas under the euphemism “affirmative action,” Trump has gone beyond the boldest imagination of any previous administration.

Reverend Al Sharpton held an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. during the inauguration, voicing caution about Trump's administration.

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once again celebrated and honored in Valencia County, with two annual ceremonies.

The 1991 crime thriller starred Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Chris Rock and became a cultural gem in cinema. Cooper continued to shape the landscape of Black storytelling with Sugar Hill (1993), starring Snipes again and Above the Rim (1994), starring Tupac Shakur. His masterful skill would go on to coin what became known as “New Jack Cinema.”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order he said would declassify documents related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights

Al Sharpton this Saturday will lead 100 National Action Network (NAN) members to the Costco in East Harlem to shop in support of the company’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as the policies face growing attacks from President Trump and within the private sector.