Boston honors 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK, advocates urge on fight against injustice
DÉJÀ RALLY: Sixty years later, several hundred people returned to where 20,000 people heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. encourage leaders to do better. …
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Fire devastates pivotal church of MLK’s final Memphis days
Memphis, Tenn. (AP) – An historic African American church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in …
Why it is called Easter, little known facts about the holiday
EOSTRE: The naming of the celebration seems to go back to a pre-Christian goddess in England who was celebrated at beginning of spring. STOCK PHOTO …
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr
EID SCENE: But “Eid of sadness” in Gaza as Palestinians mark holiday with dwindling food and no end to war. PHOTO COURTESY OF MESSAGEINTERNATIONAL.ORG Muslims …
Bombs fell, wounded children overwhelmed Gaza hospital
BOMBARDMENT HORROR: “I cannot process or comprehend the scale of mass killing and massacre of families in their sleep that we are seeing here," HajHassan …
Christian population decline in U.S. leveling off in new survey
LATEST FINDINGS: By some measures, the U.S. remains overwhelmingly spiritual. African Americans defy the assumption that all Democrats are less religious than Republicans. STOCK PHOTO …
How do Muslims observe the Ramadan month of fasting?
MAKING TIME AND SPACE: For more acts of charity, prayerful contemplation, and focus on the Quran, God’s revelation to the Prophet Muhammad. PHOTO COURTESY OF …
Their mosque burned down in LA-area wildfire, determined congregation seeks Ramadan
MASJID AL-TAQWA: The mosque, which began in the 1970s as a meeting place for Nation of Islam members, evolved into a mainstream, multicultural Muslim community …
Remembering Malcolm X, 60 years after his death, because we cannot afford to forget
EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ: The name he chose, though more popularly known as Malcolm X, with his early Nation of Islam mentor the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, …
Promise finally fulfilled for Black neighborhoods in Mich.
HAMTRAMCK HOMES: Extraordinary legal settlement required the city to build 200 homes for the victims of discrimination or their families. PHOTO COURTESY OF REALTOR.COM Hamtramck, …