Martin Luther King Jr.

Bradley Ross Jackson is the youth and college president of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP branch. He was selected to recite Martin Luther King Jr.'s most popular speech as part of Ebenezer Baptist Church's celebration.

Emmy-nominated television host, storyteller and content producer Baratunde Thurston will be the featured speaker at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner at Illinois State University.

Sherrilyn Ifill said the amendment transformed not just the 19th century, but the 20th century, helping spur immigration from Europe.

WGLT will mark Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day by rebroadcasting his speech at Illinois Wesleyan University in February 1966.

Illinois State University has announced it will host civil rights attorney and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill at its annual Martin Luther King Jr. cultural dinner on Jan. 26.

About 50 people viewed the documentary film “The Central Park Five” on Wednesday in Braden Auditorium on Illinois State University's campus. The screening was part of a weeklong series of events hosted by ISU celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The winners of the City of Bloomington Black History Essay Contest speak to the resilience of a people who used some of their most valuable assets to break through societal barriers.

Illinois State University said Thursday it has rescheduled its annual Martin Luther King Jr. dinner, in part because of the wave of COVID infections sweeping the region.

With an unapologetic call to action, political strategist Angela Rye urged the crowd at Friday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner at Illinois State…

Two Bloomington-Normal teenagers will be awarded for their commitment to making the town a better place at the 44th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards…