In 1963, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his colleagues at the Southern ...

On a sidewalk near the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, I met Jaqueline Smith, a long-term resident of the motel until she was forcibly evicted in 1988. For 36 years, ...

Mark your travel calendars. Our editors have scoured the South for what’s new, notable, and next in 2025. Here are the 25 ...

Discover facts about the first official MLK March in 1987 including 2 famous attendees, plus why San Antonio hosts what's ...

The Dock Bookshop is partnering with the African American Museum to present the African American Read-In on Feb. 15.(Anja ...

North Texas’ Black History Month events this year include cook-offs, performances, film showings and more.

Archie Wade integrated the University of Alabama's faculty and helped Paul W. "Bear" recruit his first Black players.

The W.H. Dorsey painting is one more piece of evidence that there was a thriving Black community in antebellum Philadelphia ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history ...

Dr. Archie Wade was the University of Alabama’s first Black faculty member. He spent 30 years in the Department of ...

When artist Brett Grill arrived in Mobile last fall to deliver a towering 9-foot statue of legendary linebacker Robert ...

Cincinnati Museum Center is celebrating the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black empowerment with a day of programming January 18.