But marches and protests for civil rights and sit-ins at whites-only restaurants, businesses, swimming pools and beaches increased and began receiving national attention. In the years leading to ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equality continues to inspire cannabis reform, challenging racial disparities in policing and advocating for justice, fairness, and community healing.

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More than 2,000 people gathered for an annual breakfast Monday in Minneapolis to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.

The US president pardons 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients.

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft and, as a result, was imprisoned in 1944 as a conscientious objector.