Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech on justice at SMU's packed McFarlin Auditorium in 1966.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther ... days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan ...

The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black History Month, officially designated as February. On April 4, 1968, ...

He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was ...

Many of the people who advise me to emulate King oppose diversity, equity and inclusion — the principles King championed and Trump is erasing.

February has been celebrated as Black History Month in the U.S. since 1976 during the nation’s bicentennial, according to ...

Martin Luther King Jr. came to the Swannanoa Valley twice in his lifetime. The first time was in January 1964 for the ...

The second of two defendants charged with taking parts of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday to jail and three years’ probation.

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

For a week in 1964, the jail was the epicenter of America's civil rights movement, as Martin Luther King Jr. and several ...