In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do -- he stepped away. He ...

Chris Paul was set to join Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in a league-shifting trade, but at the last minute, the NBA stepped in and vetoed it. The controversial decision left fans furious and changed the ...

Freshman Erika Womack, a student at Morse High School, has found her voice through writing, fueled by a powerful dream for ...

Martin Luther King III stood on the same stage where his father spoke nearly six decades ago on Thursday at Great Neck South ...

Mayor Eric Adams rubbed elbows with President Trump’s surrogates for at least the fourth time in recent weeks as he tries to ...

There’s always something different or new to do in the San Fernando Valley and the greater Los Angeles area, but check in ...

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made a difference and should be celebrated this month? If so, we want to hear.

As time inevitably passes, we must remember that speeches of this magnitude were not given in a vacuum—they were calls to ...

Dr. King was invited to speak at “The Sunday Evening Forum" on the University of Arizona campus. Tucson native Jacque Barnes ...

The president says the garden, which was planned during his first term, will feature statues of the 250 "greatest Americans who ever lived." ...

Black History Month celebrations in the valley continue as local officials honor individuals who have significantly ...

“The children of negro spirituals got to be the blues and then came jazz and R&B, and all of them used what was developed in the spiritual which was improvisation,” Jones said. The beats and melodies ...