‘Essence’ honoree Ruth Carter’s accidental Hollywood career
By LINDSEY BAHR “Selma” costume designer Ruth E. Carter never set out to work in Hollywood. Even while living in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles’ Koreatown in the 1980s,…
Coretta Scott King
PARADES, MARCHES AND SERVICE PROJECTS HONOR MLK
By PHILLIP LUCAS Dr. Anthony Brooks ends his keynote speech celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Henderson County Black History Committee’s program at…
MLK DISCUSSES KENNEDY IN REDISCOVERED 1960 TAPE
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II FILE – In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, President Kennedy stands with a group of leaders of the March on Washington at the White…
CONGRESS HONORS BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING VICTIMS
By ANDREW MIGA President and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Lawrence Pijeaux, front, lays on a table the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously awarded in honor of Addie Mae…
CIVIL RIGHTS INCLUDES GAYS 50 YEARS AFTER MARCH
By BRETT ZONGKER FILE – In this Aug. 1, 1963 black-and-white photo, Bayard Rustin, leader of the “March on Washington” speaks at the National Headquarters. Months before Martin Luther King…
‘FREE AT LAST,’ MANDELA SAID, QUOTING KING
By JASON STRAZIUSO FILE – In this May 2, 1994 file photo Nelson Mandela, and Coretta Scott King, left, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., sing…