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

When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act ...

It’s been 61 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made a memorable visit to the Arizona State University campus in ...

Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the same day as Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration.

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 ...

On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Also on this date: In 1790, President George Washington ...

There are 357 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Also on ...

File (under T for Tragedy, see Vietnam, War ... Lyndon’s lines He has tried to put it all right with the world in his book, and it doesn’t quite fit. John F. Kennedy began, and Lyndon B ...

"This is a first award I was told that I won that made me cry," Davis, 59, told USA TODAY before receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award ... of Danson's acceptance speech, when he professed his ...