The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is expanding its exploration of the country’s racial dynamics despite a surge ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use available contingency funds and other allocated emergency subsidies to restore the full $9 billion in November food stamp benefits by Friday, a Rhode ...

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.” By Peter Applebome The Rev. Jesse L.

Douglas played a pivotal role in planning several civil rights marches, including the infamous Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama. Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Meeting social activist Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her otherwise — and their fateful encounter happened not a moment ...

David S. Harewood argues that comparisons between Charlie Kirk and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are offensively false. He writes that the few similarities between the two men, such as being fathers and ...

An excerpt from "Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around" on family history, gospel music, and the great Christian legacy of the ...

As SNAP benefits are set to lapse due to the government shutdown, leaving 140,000 people without food aid in RI, pantries are ...

The cold case unit of the attorney general's office offered details on how they solved the murders of Debra Stone and Cynthia ...

I haven’t heard Wade Houston give a ton of speeches, so when Simmons College athletic director Jerry Eaves passed me an ...

I was born and raised in Apalachicola, Fla. Apalachicola is one of the oldest port cities in the State of Florida. My town has a fascinating history and ...

Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in 2021 at age 90, though his passing has only recently come to light. According to his daughter, Adrienne Douglas Vaulx, ...