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Legal scholar Dorothy Roberts reexamines her own family story. Critic David Bianculli recommends TV to watch. Author Heather McGhee says Martin Luther King Jr. would be inspired by today's activism.

The second of the Lost & Found Sound Memphis trilogy presents a glimpse of life through the recordings of African American photographer RA Coleman, making his living by documenting the black community in the 1950s South.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the attempt to pause trillions in federal spending "fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government."

Washington, D.C. marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a bit early, because of Monday's presidential inauguration.

Niagara University’s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will feature a keynote address by the late civil rights leader’s youngest daughter,…

popularity as he prepares for today's primary in New York. He is expecting another good day there after sweeping all eight primaries earlier this week. Yesterday, Dole gained the endorsement of Texas governor, George Bush, Jr.

House Democrats elect Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as their leader over rivals Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN). Pelosi follows Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) as House minority leader, and becomes the first woman to hold the post. NPR News reports.

Tennessee Congressman, Harold Ford Jr. talks with Bob Edwards about his bid to replace Richard Gephardt as the new House Minority Leader. Ford is challenging congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

Charles Perkins, the man who was at the forefront of Australian Aboriginal struggles for civil rights, died this month at the age of 64. Perkins, who has been called the Martin Luther King, Jr., of indigenous Australians, was the first Aborigine to earn a university degree and play professional soccer. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Diane Bell, a George Washington University professor who knew Charles Perkins.

Noah Adams talks with NPR's Debbie Elliott about the verdict reached in the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman for the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church. Thomas Blanton Jr. was convicted of murder in the explosion at the Sixteenth Street Church, which killed four black girls. Adams and Elliott discuss the closing arguments and reaction to the verdict.