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Crowds have begun to converge on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. See the statement after the jump.
Several hundred community, faith and worker activists rallied Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., in Mayor Vincent C. Gray's home ward to urge him to sign a living wage bill for workers in big-box stores like Walmart.
One of the largest wildfires in California's history has triggered a smoke plume that has worsened air quality more than 100 miles away in Nevada.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to converge on the National Mall in D.C. Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his historic "I Have a Dream" speech to 250,000 supporters.
SAN DIEGO -- The sister of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother said Tuesday that she no longer wanted paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children.
SAN DIEGO -- The sister of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother said Tuesday that she no longer wanted paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children.
Fifty years ago, more than 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. NBC News asked six African-Americans who attended the march to share their memories of that day and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
