The Black Heritage Society, founded in 1974 by Ovide Duncantell Jr., hosted Houston's — and the nation’s — first MLK parade in 1978, with Martin Luther King Sr. as the inaugural grand marshal.

Houston will host a unified Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade starting in 2026 after years of separate events. US has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, Trump announces Why electricity prices are ...

Events Houston to have unified MLK Day parade in 2026 after holding two events for decades The unified parade will take place on Monday, Jan. 19. There had been two MLK Day parades in Houston ...

A federal judge in New York this week blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Haitians’ temporary protected status ...

President Trump said there should be fewer holidays because they are hurting the economy. Some Chronicle readers disagreed ...

This Fourth of July, director Osato Dixon’s film ‘Wait Until Tomorrow’ audits America's ledger of racial debt. A analysis on ...

Inspired by her journeys with the LSU Tiger Band, GEO Prep’s Doretha Williams made a promise early in her teaching career: ...

Harry Monroe has been an educator for 51 years. He spent 33 of those with Dallas ISD. Now, he's leaving for health reasons.

About 2,000 “No Kings” demonstrations are planned to take place Saturday, June 14, in all 50 states the same day of President Donald Trump ... every single American who’s ever dared to dream.” Martin ...

Redemption Holding Company has just acquired the Utah-based Holladay Bank & Trust, becoming the first bank to be owned by a Black-led investment group in the Western U.S. This comes two years ...

Across the country, relatively few disruptions were reported during protests and marches where the mood ranged from joyful to ...