Since the U.S. first began observing a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. in 1986, the day has overlapped with a public presidential inauguration three times: Bill Clinton in 1997, Barack ...

Thousands of people took to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to take in history and ...

In one of the most famous speeches of the 20th Century, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., before a crowd ...

Martin Luther King Jr is remembered for his tireless work during the Civil Rights Movement and his dream that one day ...

Despite the wintry weather, a couple hundred people caravanned from Sadie Thomas Memorial Park to Kemp Elementary School for ...

Hundreds of people visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' is not just a seminal document of American civil rights. It's a masterpiece of ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January ...

Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name ...

That day, about 600 people had gathered at Brown A.M.E. Church in Selma, then walked peacefully on Main Street toward the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech, an impassioned plea for equal rights regardless of skin color, on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial. Op-ed by Josh Stein, ...