President Richard M. Nixon told Americans the war had ended, the Paris Peace Accords would be signed, and U.S. soldiers would come home.

In the final days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, his Interior Department pulled a fast one on him, renaming ...

In “The War on Warriors,” published last year, the nominee to head the Pentagon lashes out at “social justice saboteurs” and ...

While Wayne traveled to Southeast Asia, anti-war protests, draft-card burnings and marches decrying American troops’ involvement became more prevalent.

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...

It’s a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill King’s dream of non-violent social revolution ...

Standing on his balcony at The Lorraine Motel, King was shot and killed April 4, 1968. The assassination sparked another series of riots in the Avondale neighborhood, which resulted in the deaths of ...

Donald Trump's being inaugurated on the day we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. feels like a cruel irony. It is a cruel irony that the nation will commemorate the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. on ...

during the 30-day mourning for former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. Flags were returned to half-staff the ...