Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

Taft High School plans to host the Mark Mitchell Classic in January 2026. Mitchell, a former longtime Taft boys basketball coach, died in March 2024.

This spotlight is part of a Q&A series focusing on UChicago Law alumni whose career paths have taken them into public service ...

Ruth Simmons talks about how her upbringing and life experiences illustrate a determination to overcome obstacles and the transforming power of education ...

Today, the AJC is marking the 10th anniversary of our acclaimed Black History Month series with "Atlanta Unveiled: How African Americans Shaped Our City." ...

When educator Jane Dabney Shackelford wrote and published The Child’s Story of the Negro and Helen Adele Whiting wrote Negro Folk Tales for Pupils in the Primary Grades and Negro Art, Music and Rhyme ...

Three graduate fellows at the University at Buffalo’s Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education have ...

Garrow had outlined several of King’s marital infelicities in his 1986 biography of King ... What will the next Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations look like? Will other details emerge? Will more ...

The assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is getting a fresh look after ... Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably ...

Why? Because we are all “interwoven and interconnected” in what King called a “garment of destiny,” said Reynolds in her keynote address to the 25th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity ...

AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, this blog will examine three of the famous civil rights leader’s speechmaking skills.

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, a day dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.