President Barack Obama punctuated his speech on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act Thursday with some fiery language that would not have sounded unusual coming from the mouth ...

Conversations between MLK and President Johnson foreshadow Obama's election. Jan. 17, 2010— -- As the USA celebrates the first King holiday with a black president, University of Virginia scholars ...

CBS Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor of Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer, applauded President Barack Obama’s move Wednesday to sign executive orders attempting to address gun violence in ...

(The Root) — Despite all the rhetoric about reclaiming the American dream for middle-class Americans in this past presidential election, Barack Obama has done more for lower-income Americans than any ...