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This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and ...
A recent Columbia resident shares some family history, and a celebration committee member shares why Juneteenth is important.
TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of tenants of an apartment building on Chicago's South Side have been given a two-day notice to ...
A deadline arrived Wednesday for tenants who were given a two-day notice to move out of an apartment building on Chicago's ...
On Monday, the nation observed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Some in the Chicago area are still celebrating and honoring Dr. King this weekend with a day of service. City Year Chicago remembered ...
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 theme of this year's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade is "It Starts with Me: Shifting the Cultural Climate Through the Study and Practice of Kingian Nonviolence." The parade route ...
Be sure to check out these local festivities: (Jan 14-16) Unity Starts in the Heart - Inverness: This is a 3-day celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. including things like an oral history event ...
Communities across the Chicago area have planned an array of events to honor and celebrate the holiday Thursday. Parties, ...
From wellness retreats to lectures and film screenings, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Chicago.
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on a Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck.