Sam Belton, known as the Godfather of Coffee, is closing Sam's Place Jazz Cafe in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood after five years, citing economic challenges and personal aspirations.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California announced on Friday a $1.5 million federal award that will help pay for a sewer line ...

The 22,200-square-foot MLK center is home to the Benton Franklin Head Start learning center and the YMCA of Greater ...

Three Columbus City Schools students inspired attendees with their speeches honoring Dr. King's legacy at a recent MLK event.

House Speaker Mike Johnson denied the request, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile figures were ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated ...

A driver is facing charges after crashing through a south Sacramento freeway overpass guardrail and plunging onto Highway 99.

In the early morning of Tuesday, February 17th, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., completed his assignment on earth, and surrounded by loving family members, took his last breath. He had a lifetime ...

SUNY Brockport will host its 41st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture Series on Thursday, February 26, from 6 ...

This is the third in a series of articles by Michigan Advance throughout February celebrating Black History Month.  Starting ...

His life traced the arc from the Civil Rights Movement to the challenges of a post–Civil Rights America still wrestling with ...

Chef Robert Butts leads an Atlanta restaurant—and a growing Black chef collective—into a new era of Southern cuisine.