Evanston residents celebrated women’s role in the Civil Rights Movement at an event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...

While African American women didn’t receive the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 — giving the right to white women — African American women played integral roles from the ...

The women who helped advance the Civil Rights Movement were honored during an ecumenical service held by the Sacred Heart ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream of equality for all. Behind the scenes, many people helped make that dream a reality.

No celebration of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. would be complete without hearing of his famous "I Have a ...

At the John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center Monday morning, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Westside Coalition ...

Today, as we honor Martin Luther King Jr., I am thinking about how freedom, which seems so fundamental to human existence, ...

In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book ...

Martin Luther King Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, was presented by the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff ...

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

Organizations across the region commemorated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. over the weekend, with one event in ...

Americans talk about Civil Rights as a political movement. But as MLK well knew, it was more than that. It was a revival.