When the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., rolls around, I frequently find my mind wandering to the Mississippi heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. One of those people is Ruleville’s own Fannie Lou Hamer.

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ presidential nom-ination Thursday Aug. 22, 2024, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the na-tion with a televised speech

A selection of local concerts, and museums offering free admission and special programs over the holiday weekend.

Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s

BRIEFLY: Boy Scouts Troop 50 to celebrate 70th anniversary; Education Foundation Suncoast Scholars; Punta Gorda and Lakewood Ranch festivals.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, January 20, and if you’re looking for a place to volunteer or give back to the community, check out this guide: King Day of Service: Charles Papa Recreation Center: Chew Honors The King: MLK Day Clean Up 2025: Laura Sims Skatehouse Cleanup: MLK Day of Service in

SEED mentoring program holds annual Martin Luther King Jr. event in Princeton and will honor Trenton’s Algernon Ward.

The upcoming Blessed are the Peacemakers event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day will honor these women, including Ida B. Wells, Pauli Murray, Rosa Parks, Jo Ann Robinson, Diane Nash, Ella Baker, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Fannie Lou Hamer, Casey Hayden, Mary King and Mary Wright Edelman.

Heroines of Voting Rights,' an MLK Day performance; 'Waste to Wonder' art exhibit; MLK Day brunch and lecture in Delray Beach.

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy continues to inspire activists and leaders to fight for equity and justice, as highlighted in this edition of The Washington Informer, which encourages readers to commit to the noble struggle for human rights.