Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent civil rights leaders led a defining moment in the civil rights movement, emphasizing the urgent need for systemic change, powered by a rally that drew ...

King was in Memphis to support striking African-American sanitation workers upset over poor working conditions and low pay.

Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families ...

The annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day invites Americans to reflect on a transformative figure whose vision ...

By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department is moving to unseal F.B.I. surveillance records of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. about two years before their court-ordered ...

Is there anything that could at least curb the sneezing? Charlotte Topping, Wigan. Dr Martin Scurr replies: For many years I worked in the nose clinic at a London hospital, where patients with ...

Two are dead and several others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash that forced a busy stretch of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to shut down Monday afternoon. It happened on Monday afternoon ...

Martin Luther King Jr., for example, argued that with passage of civil rights laws, affirmative action programs should be aimed at supporting economically disadvantaged people of all races.

First transmitted in 1961, Martin Luther King talks to John Freeman about his childhood experiences and the incidents that led to the Montgomery bus boycott. These events shaped King's life and ...

VALDOSTA — In honor of the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Annual Memorial Program will be held at 6 p.m. April 3 at the King Monument Plaza, corner of South Ashley Street ...