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The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.

Several major school systems in the D.C. area closed schools Wednesday after light snow left many roads slick.

The Capitals are celebrating black history in hockey with some legends at Capital One Arena. Sherree Burruss spoke to the NHL’s first black player, Willie O’Ree.

Questions continue to swirl around Richmond as the state’s top three elected leaders face scandals putting their careers in question. Rev. Al Sharpton called on Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring to resign after both said they have used blackface. He also said sex assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax should be investigated.

Cardi B has apologized to the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. for portraying the civil rights leader’s wife, Coretta Scott King, in a comedy skit.

Bishop Michael Curry, the American whose rousing sermon at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal wedding nearly stole the show, acknowledged Tuesday that he was a little nervous before he spoke.

Nothing captured the trans-Atlantic nature of Saturday’s royal wedding as much as the guest preacher whose sermon brought American fire and flair to a very English church service. The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, the first black leader of the Episcopal Church in the United States, was hand-picked by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to address their 600 wedding guests....

Facebook is launching a dating feature. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said to laughs at Facebook’s F8 developer conference Tuesday that the new tool is “not just for hookups” but to build “meaningful, long-term relationships.”

Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her official funeral on Saturday, after supporters defended her complex legacy with poetry and anger. Thunder rumbled and it began to rain as the casket left the 40,000-seat stadium — a blessing, witnesses said. Heads of state joined the...

The killing of the civil rights leader sparked riots in the nation’s capital that left parts of the city in ruin and shattered the dreams of hundreds of local family businesses.

Wearing aqua-colored T-shirts and hydration backpacks, a group of teenagers on Saturday launched a 50-mile walk from northern Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, a tribute to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Escorted by police cars, support vans and a portable restroom, six middle school, high school and college students, along with...

A Super Bowl commercial featuring a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. stirred up strong reactions on social media and from visitors to the MLK Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, who helped assemble the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail” from notes the incarcerated King wrote on paper scraps and newspaper margins, has died. He was either 88 or 89. Family records showed different years of birth, said his daughter, Patrice Walker Powell, who confirmed his death.

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At gatherings across the nation, many honored the late civil rights leader on what would have been his 89th birthday. News4’s Kristin Wright reports.

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Friday he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to speak at George Mason University.

Neighbors organized a fitting tribute to the late civil rights leader Julian Bond. It’s one he would have particularly liked.

Activists claiming an imbalance in economic and social equality prayed, rallied and marched in Memphis on Tuesday, the 49th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds of supporters of the Black Lives Matter and Fight for $15 movements demanded higher wages and equal rights as they walked more than a mile (1.6 kilometers), from...

President-elect Donald Trump slammed Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., — and his congressional district — on Twitter Saturday morning, writing Lewis should focus on “fixing” his district rather than questioning his presidency. Trump’s tweets come after Lewis told NBC News in an exclusive interview Friday that he does not view Trump as a legitimate president. Asked in an interview for “Meet...