The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League to promote nonviolence, racial harmony, community empowerment and educational opportunity for all Arkansans.

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

A man has been charged in the murder of a 30-year-old woman. Police said she was found dead at a South Side home, ...

Lewis' legacy as a civil rights activist and lawmaker spans decades and numerous administrations. What to know as planned protests invoke his legacy.

The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis will live on across America Thursday, with more than 1,600 events scheduled on the ...

More than $36 million dollars in toll debt will be forgiven as part of the state’s larger toll relief plan for the Downtown and Midtown Tunnels. Speaker of the ...

Next month marks the 60 th anniversary of the passing of the Voting Rights Act—a law often celebrated as the “crown jewel” of ...

The fire started in a house and spread to two neighboring homes on each side of it, resulting in damage to three residences in total.