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The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

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 ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson passed through and saw a slave auction in full swing. When King came in 1964 ...

Watch Rev. Harold Middlebrook, Civil Rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speak at Concord Methodist Church on March 12, 2025.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...