Belafonte Marks Martin Luther King Day
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When Harry Belafonte met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s, he promised to always assist in his mission.
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NEW YORK -- Wearing the traditional black-and-white checked headdress that Yasser Arafat had made his personal trademark, Linda Sarasour, a Palestinian-American who works in a part of Brooklyn with many Arab residents, yesterday described the controversial leader as ''our Martin Luther King.&quot;
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The top three Democratic presidential candidates face off in a debate Monday night with the hearts and minds of African-American voters on the line, as the nation celebrates the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday.
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Questions are being raised after Mitt Romneyâs statement about his father marching with Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sitting in the same spot where her husband preached equality more than four decades ago, Coretta Scott King said Saturday that Martin Luther King Jr.'s message is as relevant today as it was in the 1960s.
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Christopher Gardner, formerly homeless and now president and CEO of the  Chicago-based brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co., will keynote the 14th  Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Jan. 20 at the Riverbend  Centre in Austin.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Supporters of VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavez celebrated Columbus Day on Tuesday bytoppling a statue in Caracas of the explorer whom Chavez blamesfor ushering in a "genocide" of native Indians.
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More than 75 people celebrated the first night of Kwanzaa at Good Deeds Community Center on Sunday night. Kwanzaa is an African-American celebration that was started in 1966 to
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Supporters of Venezuelan  President Hugo Chavez celebrated Columbus Day on Tuesday by  toppling a statue in Caracas of the explorer whom Chavez blames  for ushering in a "genocide" of native Indians.
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Carrying the Soviet hammer-and-sickle flag and singing as they marched, thousands of people commemorated the anniversary of the 1917 Revolution on Sunday in both a celebration of Soviet times and a protest ...
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John Legend, Lil Mama, Corinne Bailey Rae and gospel singer Shirley Caesar paid their "Respect" to Aretha Franklin in a musical tribute to the Queen of Soul.
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The late actor Ossie Davis was eulogized Monday as an inspiration for both the artistic and civil rights communities.
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About 50 white separatists protested the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday in this tiny town, that was thrust into the spotlight months ago by 20,000 demonstrators who claimed prosecutors discriminated against blacks.
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Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, has died. She was 51
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By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 25--During Black History Month, the Tribune has been exploring the growing black population in the La Crosse area.
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Many Americans spent Monday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by recalling the civil rights icon's legacy nearly 40 years after his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu became patron of national barbecue day Wednesday, declaring that the shared love of open air cooking was a unifying force between blacks and whites in a still divided country.