The 1965 rally featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew a crowd of 20,000. At Saturday’s event, several hundred ...

I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...

Thirteen people were injured in a large multi-vehicle crash that police believe was caused by an illegal street race.

King's son said he never thought racism would still be around and on the rise like it is today, as rally-goers urged activism ...

Martin Luther King III and Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston reflected on the rally's legacy in a fireside chat ...

Local organizers plan to mark MLK Jr.'s historic 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston by holding a march of their own.

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of ...