Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Kobe Bryant and Brooke Shields are slated to be part of the all-star tribute at Michael Jackson's memorial. ...more

July 6, 2009

Barack Obama said he's as hopeful as ever about the future of the U.S. as thousands of Americans converged on Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a free concert to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. ...more

January 18, 2009

I am a confirmed ghost story/horror fanatic. I've seen and read so many hellacious tales, I've become desensitized to just about every spook out there. But once in a while, the Bogeyman catches me unaware and sets my heart racing. Such was the case with the Gorilla Theatre's production of "The Woman in Black," Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. ...more

October 23, 2008

The children of Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. faced off in an Atlanta courtroom Tuesday in a dispute over their mother's personal papers that could derail a lucrative book deal. ...more

October 15, 2008

For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. carrying on the legacy of the civil rights icon. ...more

July 20, 2008

Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have filed a lawsuit against a third, embroiling the family in a legal dispute over the estate of the civil rights icon. ...more

July 12, 2008

Nooses, as in a hangman's halter, are making a comeback of sorts. ...more

February 24, 2008

Marchers surrounded the Justice Department headquarters on Friday to demand federal intervention in the "Jena Six" case and stepped-up enforcement of hate crimes. ...more

November 17, 2007

Civil rights leaders called Tuesday for a march on the Justice Department and an economic boycott next month because they think the federal government has been sluggish in dealing with hate crimes. ...more

October 24, 2007

Thousands of people from across the nation converged Thursday on this rural town to protest what they consider the overzealous prosecution of six black high school students charged with beating a white schoolmate. ...more

September 21, 2007