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 ...

Marietta College kicked off its week-long recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s life and work on Saturday with a ...

Bronson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., which Dr. King belonged to as well. He says this serves as more ...

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 ...

For some Black women, the high road led to the nation’s memorial to the civil rights leader.

From #kunhardtfilmfoundation Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was ...

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

This is not the time for despair,” Barefield said. “It’s a time for action, for speaking up at school board meetings, ...

People across the country are remembering civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Monday. Part of his legacy includes ...

“These students expressed their genuine thoughts about Dr. King,” said Benard Simelton. “If you look at the art and ...

The Tuscaloosa chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.

Today, as we honor Martin Luther King Jr., I am thinking about how freedom, which seems so fundamental to human existence, ...