The Rocky Mount Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission invites students in grades 6-12 to participate in the Thirty-sixth Annual MLK Oratorical Competition during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations in January 2024. The Oratorical Competition will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. at the Imperial Centre at 270 Gay Street, Rocky […]

It's been discovered that "I Have A Dream" debuted on November 17, 1962 in a segregated high school gym in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Two weeks ago when Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced that no charges would be brought against the Wisconsin police officer who shot and…

Jasmine Sanders has got 10 powerful quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., in the spirit of his birthday and the national holiday commemorating his legacy…

The heirs of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dynasty, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott (both pictured from left), and Bernice (pictured far right) are…

Black History Month

  Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Congressman John Lewis in his Capitol Hill office. I listened intently as he recounted…

Civil Rights Leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on April 4, 1968 as he stood on the balcony of the…

DL Hughley Show

Today “The D.L. Hughley Show” celebrates a man who changed this world for the better. Martin Luther King Jr. used his words to better this…

Even though the birthday of iconic civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who would have been 85 years old, is on January 15th,…

How low can you go? Dr. Bernice King (pictured below) had the unfortunate experience of seeing her idolized father’s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., face…