A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to ...

The Denver community gathered to celebrate the life of Rev. James Peters Jr., the pastor of New Hope Baptist Church and civil rights leader.

Signups are open for MLK Cheer Squad at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Lenoir. Cheer squad is for children ages 7 to 12 years old. Registration for cheer squad ends on Friday, May 30. The cost ...

On Saturday, the New Hope Baptist Church's congregation, clergy and community leaders laid to rest a beloved spiritual leader ...

Two public meetings are being held this week by the National Park Service to discuss ongoing rehabilitation plans at the family home of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr. marched with Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and later ...

Reverend James D. Peters Jr., a civil rights activist, community leader and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed away ...

The funeral for prominent civil rights leader Reverend Dr. James D. Peters, who died on Saturday, is scheduled for this coming weekend.

Reverend James D. Peters, Jr., a civil rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away Saturday. He ...

A longtime civil rights leader and personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., died on Saturday.