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Wikimedia Commons/Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report The 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Martin Luther King Jr. planned ...
Funeral details for the late Thomas G. Sampson Sr. have been released to the public. The memorial will take place on July 19 ...
The Martin Luther King Jr. Outdoor Pool now has new ramps, chair lifts, shade areas, and elevators to make sure nobody misses out on the pool day fun.
Over the last couple of decades, animated features have pushed the boundaries of art, storytelling and the box office. “Flow” ...
Nashville should remember the dark elements of its past. But when naming streets and schools, it should recognize those with ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. described the indignity that black travelers experienced ... Read more of Garrick McFadden's work on ...
The Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library was renamed the Shaw-Roxbury Branch Library at Nubian Square, in honor of ...
When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a weeklong sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
Southbound ramps to 38th Street/Kessler Blvd. and Martin Luther King Jr. Street will be closed Friday night through Wednesday ...
This fall, a digital archive will open access to one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most overlooked leaders: Bayard Rustin.