Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy continues to greatly impact our current political landscape. Although there is still a long way to go to achieve the late Civil Rights leader's vision, he will forever ...

On the third Monday of January each year, the United States pauses to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honouring the civil rights icon. It was in 1963 that Dr. King delivered his ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. encountered one of the angriest mobs of his lifetime not in the South, but in Chicago 60 years ...

File video: Martin Luther King Jr. made several visits to Hampton Roads, including Suffolk’s Peanut Park, where city officials are planning to put a memorial and garden in his honor. SUFFOLK, Va.

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Lizz Schumer is the Senior Editor, Books, at ...

Martin Luther King Jr emphasized that a meaningful life requires the courage to speak against injustice. Silence in the face of important issues can enable wrongdoing, while speaking up fosters change ...

A Memphis college student and activist, she witnessed Dr. King’s assassination in 1968 when he was shot at his motel and ran ...

President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday, Jan. 23, ...

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An $8.3M renovation to the Martin Luther King Jr. Library added a makerspace, study rooms and accessible restrooms to the ...