Coretta Scott King
MLK memorial effort in Boston gets $1M from Bank of America

Apr. 26, 2021 02:01 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The organization planning a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston is getting a $1 million grant from Bank of...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jan. 30, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2021. There are 335 days left in the year. Today’s...

This 2015 photo provided by Shawn Nolan Chief, Capital Habeas Unit Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, shows Dustin Higgs at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute, Ind. Higgs, the last federal inmate facing execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996. Higgs is scheduled to be executed on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at the federal prison in Terre Haute. ((Federal Bureau of Prisons/Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania via AP))
Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

By Michael Tarm And Michael Kunzelman Jan. 15, 2021 09:25 AM EST

FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Movement for Black Lives plans virtual national convention

By Aaron Morrison Jul. 01, 2020 01:16 PM EDT