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 ...

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 look back on MLK ...

Xavier Wilson stepped up to the podium before a cafeteria full of Saint Mary’s University students and staff Monday to deliver the famous first lines of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON — Four days shy of the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington, thousands rallied in the capitol once more on Saturday to continue the fight for justice and equality in ...

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 ...

On the same day thousands gathered in the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a group of like-minded Carlisle residents held their own ...

The speaker, one of the world's most recognizable black leaders, was addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress when he quoted America's top civil rights leader. "Free at last, free at last, ...

On Aug. 28, 1963, my father stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and summoned a nation to listen — not merely to a speech, but to a vision. He dreamed out loud, daring America to imagine itself ...