A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

Worcester Central School students Julianna Everson and Cyrus Serdy take top honors in SUNY Oneonta's “Legacy of Dr. Martin ...

On the comedy program, Jackson paid tribute to famed author Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Seuss Geisel, who had recently passed ...

Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.

At the recent Champions of Impact award ceremony in Indianapolis, philanthropist Marianne Glick gave a powerful speech as she accepted the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award. Glick, Chairman of ...

When Was Martin Luther King Jr. Born? Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Originally, his name was Michael Luther King Jr. after his father. Michael Sr. eventually adopted ...

Let’s get a few important things out of the way: The Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was not the docile, unintimidating, conflict avoider that mainstream media has propped him up to be in the ...

Historians at Morehouse College are using the week of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday to draw attention to how specific places across Atlanta helped shape his thinking and the civil rights ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. turned his focus to Chicago 60 years ago this month. The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to the city at the request of Al Raby ...

We look back on Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Chicago Freedom Movement. The campaign was announced 60 years ago this month and aimed to improve housing ...