The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

BLACK MOUNTAIN – Music rang through St. James Episcopal Church in Black Mountain Feb. 8 as Swannanoa Valley residents gathered for the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Gathering.

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN – Music rang through St. James Episcopal Church in Black Mountain Feb. 8 as Swannanoa Valley residents ...