Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead 56 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassin "hoped to kill MLK's great and widespread dream of unity," Alveda King, the civil rights leader's niece, ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a playbook for ...

The National Civil Rights Museum will be hosting "a powerful day of community connection, meaningful service, and celebration ...

The church was the starting point for the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches in 1965. Nearly a quarter of the trail’s ...

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News/AP) - Naomi Ruth Barber King, sister-in-law to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died at the age of 92, the A.D. King Foundation announced Thursday. Naomi King was the ...

New Delhi: Amid the escalating pressure for the release of the Epstein files, the Trump administration has released over 6,000 documents comprising more than 240,000 pages of records pertaining to the ...

Despite a time of sorrow for the Santa Monica area, the community still gathered together in remembrance and celebration of one of humanity’s greatest leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At the John ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — As the nation walks into a new presidential era, the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was the focus of a number of events across the nation and here in the ...

Inside the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, you'll first see a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before walking into the First Amendment Gallery. "He's really one of our ...

HOUSTON — The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has ...

Dave Chappelle has strongly refuted comparisons between conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and civil rights leader Martin ...