Ken watts is a veteran of 4 decades in news at outlets across the United States.
Ken has covered many civil rights stories including President Reagan's signing
of the historic King Holiday Bill.
Thousands who had planned to witness the historic dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington will have to wait a while longer. Hurricane Irene is forcing planners to postpone the event on the national mall...
Visitors getting their first look at the restored Heritage Sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church In Atlanta won't notice dramatic change. And that's the point. "It's not new," says National Park Service superintendent...
The school year is not winding down quietly in Dahlonega, Georgia. A teacher at Lumpkin County High School about 50 miles north of Atlanta is suspended and could lose her job because of an apparently well-intentioned class project, according...
Bernard Lafayette doesn't sound like the spokesman for a civil rights organization that's been threatening to self-destruct. He says the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Atlanta headquarters is pushing ahead with new projects and...
Two giants of the civil rights movement have died within days of each other.
Dorothy Height, a pioneering activist whose decades of service date back to the New Deal era of the 1930s, died Tuesday in Washington. She was 98...
Mourners laid long-time civil rights activist Dr. Benjamin Hooks to rest this week after praising his humility, toughness and amazing ability to balance several careers. Hooks died April 15 in Memphis. He was 85.
The last time I talked...
Their highly public feud threatened to tear apart one of America's most famous families. But the three surviving children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have reconciled their legal differences under a judge's orders and agreed...
Apparently nothing is sacred to a vandal armed with plenty of spray paint and opportunity. Someone has "tagged" one side of Freedom Hall at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change. The King Center...
Racial profiling is proving to be one of the most divisive arguments since the 9/11 attacks. The idea gained currency based on the fact that the 19 September 11 hijackers were Muslims from the Middle East. Give law enforcement...
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is reporting that 88-year old Civil rights icon Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery was admitted to a hospital over the weekend, but friends say his condition is not serious.
Longtime friend and fellow civil rights leader...