Suzette Hackney talked with Martin Luther King III about the convergence of Inauguration Day with the day of service that ...

Angela Davis led the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Monday, in which she praised pro-Palestine activists at Cornell and urged the audience to resist President Donald ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. expressed their emotional response to President Trump's decision to declassify records ...

Much of the civil rights movement is remembered through the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. There were a number of ...

Issac Newton Farris Jr., a nephew of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at Colorado State University Pueblo on Jan. 23.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Speech given at the National Cathedral, March 31, 1968. Under Dr. King’s leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining ...

In the morning, marchers celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by carrying banners of ... police as they hoisted the symbols of a dozen protest movements. The two events presented a contrast ...