PORTLAND, Ore. — This year, there are a plethora of opportunities around the Portland metro area to celebrate, reflect and give back on Martin Luther King Jr. Day through acts of service.

Pryor was raised during tumultuous times in our nation. At a young age, she joined in the civil rights movement.

Did you know Faris Sanabani opened his Griffin Lounge Petersburg in the the former Trailways Bus Station, a historic landmark ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

February is Black History Month, an appropriate time for celebrating the struggles, triumphs and contributions of this nation’s African American citizens. Born in February were President Abraham ...

The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...

"Generations after us will be able to say that's where history was made," said Guilford County Commissioners Chair Melvin ...

The dozen winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest were recognized during a reception at Bruch Hall at Wooster ...

The dogs, hoses, and armored cars were not effective in the way that Bull Connor and much of white Birmingham wanted them to be. They did not stop the demonstrations, and they did not prevent ...

By Trip Gabriel The sit-in movement that began at a whites ... went to Mr. Abernathy’s church to hear the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak as a rock-throwing white mob surrounded the ...

Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant ...

Why? Because we are all “interwoven and interconnected” in what King called a “garment of destiny,” said Reynolds in her keynote address to the 25th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity ...