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A fixture in civil rights and Democratic politics since the 1960s, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King JrJesse Jackson dies – latest updatesThe Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran…
Holiday marked with parades and services but tempered by anxieties over racial and social equality under TrumpMartin Luther King Jr Day was marked with parades and services across the US on Monday. But the celebration for the achievements of the slain …
Civil rights leaders decry administration’s move to downplay Black American history and promote presidentThe US’s National Park Service (NPS) will offer free admission to US residents on Donald Trump’s birthday in 2026 – which also happens to be Flag D…
About 200,000 pages of surveillance records released despite objection from slain civil rights leader’s familyThe Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr, despite opposition from the slain Nobel laur…
Clayborn Temple, base for sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to Memphis in 1968, suffers extensive damageA fire has severely damaged the historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, which is closely associated with the US civil rights moveme…
Martin Luther King’s family decried the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, the overturning of Roe and gun violence in the USOn the eve of the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s legendary I Have a Dream speech, his son and granddaughter have de…
Kings will join expected crowd of tens of thousands of people on Saturday to commemorate 60 years since ‘I have a dream’ speechMartin Luther King III, along with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, have developed a s…
Farris spent decades working with Coretta Scott King – often behind the scenes – to promote her brother’s legacyChristine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr, has died.Her niece, the Rev Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved…
Residents of Selma, Alabama, find resilience in civil rights leader’s legacy as US marks MLK DayAs the US marked Martin Luther King Jr Day on Monday, the town of Selma, Alabama, that hosted his historic 1965 march was still reeling from a tornado that …
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