Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...