MLK Day falls on the third Monday of every January, and most banks observe the holiday. Here's what you can do if you have ...

Dionne Babineaux uncovers a family connection in the WPA Slave Narratives while seeking Texas Black history for her ...

Dr King promised that “every penny” of his Nobel Peace Prize money would go towards the Civil Rights Movement. He kept his ...

He was able to take action after graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1980. As part of the National Health Service Corps ...

Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who ran into the line of fire to shield President John F. Kennedy and the first lady in ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s.

Six weeks of demonstrations failed to stop the toxic dump, but the publicity sparked a movement that’s now known as ...