BOSTON - All the way back in April of 1965, sisters Glynnette and Beverly Byron marched hand in hand toward the Boston Common, part of a march against segregation led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ten days after what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 96 birthday, around 250 people gathered at Boston University ...

It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the legacy of the civil rights leader is being celebrated in Massachusetts. Here is a list of events honoring Dr. King in Boston.

“As Martin Luther King said 57 years ago this April, we’ve got some difficult days ahead. Difficult, but not impossible,” said Segun Idowu, Boston's chief of economic opportunity and inclusion.

This 1998 file photo shows the house where Malcolm X spent part of his childhood, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Angela Rowlings, File) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a ...

We have systematically oppressed a group of people for 400 years — from the slave ships of 1619 to the Three-Fifths ...

The equity nonprofit Embrace Boston will host an event on Sunday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with a list of honorees that includes former governors Charlie Baker and Deval Patrick. The event ...

Joe Mazzulla on Coaching on MLK Day: "It is good to coach on a day ... Brown’s work focuses primarily on kids in and around Boston. Holiday started a social impact fund with his wife, Lauren ...