Basketball season is upon us and there’s no better way to celebrate than embracing the league's newest tradition this Monday: ...

The partial shutdown of the federal government has led to the closure of one of Atlanta’s most significant civil rights ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to achieving racial justice through non-violent ...

On the morning of 14 October 1964, Martin Luther King, sleeping in an Atlanta hospital room after checking in for a rest, was awakened by a phone call from his wife, Coretta Scott King, telling him ...

Lionel Richie opened up about growing up during the civil rights movement in an interview with The Guardian on Oct. 4.

1949: Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino, aka “Tokyo Rose,” whose family lived in Chicago, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. She was convicted on one count of treason for broadcasting ...

Long before his music career, Lionel Richie was a child in the segregated South. Now, in his new memoir, he reflects on how being shielded from the civil rights movement still shaped who he became.

Lionel Richie says his parents stopped him from marching with Martin Luther King Jr. when he was a teenager during the civil ...

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court ...

Knoxville College has a long and significant history, from students' civil rights activism to hosting notable speakers over the years.

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at ‘This Day In History.’ On this date in 1789, the first proposal of the Bill of Rights was presented to state ...

"I never doubted America would pull through" in the turbulent 1960s, and we can pass today's tests, too, writes Sen. Chuck Grassley.