This is the 43rd year for the event hosted by the Carbondale NAACP and SIU Carbondale. The event kicked off a week-long event series commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King at SIU.

Forgotten openly gay activist spearheaded the historic 1963 March on Washington, which had an estimated 250,000 attendees.

Under the theme “The Fierce Urgency of Now,” the NAACP opened its 116th annual convention on July 12, with the intent of both ...

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP on Monday held a march to the Florida Capitol to "advance the promise of equality." ...

NAACP welcomes prominent panelists to help Black creatives become inspired, make connections with industry's top companies.

Bishop Dr. Robert Hargrove Jr., delivers one of the invocations during the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service prayer event, sponsored by the local branch of the NAACP, at the St ...

The NAACP’s 116th annual convention opened in Charlotte over the weekend. The theme is “the fierce urgency of now,” a phrase borrowed from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that organizers say speaks even ...

NAACP Lancaster Branch has pushed back its 45th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service to Feb. 2 because of expected inclement weather, branch President Blanding Watson said. The time ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Broome-Tioga NAACP observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with a celebration of his life and legacy at United Presbyterian Church.

COLUMBIA — On a frigid morning, several members of the Columbia NAACP and other community members gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at Battle Gardens to pay homage and honor the ...

$30K county grant to local NAACP will support Martin Luther King, Jr celebration, ... has received a $30,000 grant that will support an annual gathering celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; ...