Such nostalgia can include favorable feelings for three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who, over the course of ...

Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama.

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Students were quick to demand aid that made college accessible for everyone, efforts that turned into scholarship programs that continue to this day, like the Martin Luther King Jr. Students ...

A thought-provoking discussion was held Monday night during Springfield College's 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture.

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The plan we were pondering — as students at Ripon College 60 years ago this spring ... the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting rights march to the state ...