Author: Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY

On the day MLK delivered a historic speech in Washington, a child’s carousel ride marked the end of segregation at a Baltimore amusement park.

With Maui’s wildfires largely contained, island residents are starting to comprehend the economic and housing challenges that lie ahead.

A Pew Research Center survey of more than 7,000 Asian Americans found most see their ancestral homelands favorably — except for Chinese Americans.

President Truman changed the nation 75 years old with an executive order desegregating the U.S. military.

Transgender people feel largely unable to be themselves in US society, while LGBTQ people are less satisfied with their lives than US adults overall.

Most American adults object to religious-based denial of medical care, employment or other services to LGBTQ individuals, a national poll has found.

Forecasters are predicting at least one hurricane out of two rare June weather systems over record warm waters in the Atlantic.

Some Muslim activists are pushing for federal recognition of a Muslim American Heritage Month and anti-hate legislation to help Muslim Americans.

Americans are less supportive of transgender athletes playing for teams aligned with their identity, despite more people knowing a trans person.