The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Association Committee invites the public to the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Program at 6 p.m. April 7 at the […] ...

This year, Riverhead students created a portrait of modern dancer, choreographer, activist, and anthropologist Katherine Dunham.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As the Rev. Jesse Jackson was memorialized across the country following his death last month, Staten Island Black leaders reflected on how his charisma, courage and conviction ...

Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck and King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda are calling for a swift change. The park is county owned but city managed.

In California, legislative leaders announced Thursday they are going to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in light ...

César Chávez, the farmworker organizer, UFW co-founder and civil rights icon, was born near Yuma on March 31, 1927.

Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century American thinker, championed simple living, individual conscience, and nature's harmony.