From a live orchestral presentation of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to a performance by comedian Rob Little, here are some of the events set to take place across the region in the coming days.

It’s clear that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence movement benefited from Clarence B. Jones’ North Philly swag. Jones’ gravelly voice narrates The Baddest Speechwriter of All, Steph ...

Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month.

CHICAGO — Details for a celebration of life for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson were announced Wednesday, with multiple events ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate who died Feb. 17, advocated for years for causes in Arizona.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an iconic civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King and spent more than six decades ...

Famed civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson has died. Jackson, 84, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ...

Bruce Bickley was born on August 20, 1942, in New Rochelle, NY. Raised in Tennessee and Kentucky, he attended Anchorage Public School and Eastern High School in Middletown, KY. He earned his BA in ...

It is often said that history is best viewed through a rearview mirror, where the twists and turns of a single life finally sharpen into a clear destination. That’s where we’ve been since Jan. 29, ...