The Equal Justice Initiative unveiled a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday at the Legacy Plaza, across from the Legacy Museum. This is the first full-sized sculpture of King in ...

In this Dec. 17, 1962, photo, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, shakes hands with Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership ...

Voices: On a rare overlap of two important events, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy can help us understand ‘disagreeing better’ These dual events can remind us of the power of nonviolent ...

Discover the NYC sites Martin Luther King Jr. visited including Carnegie Hall, Riverside Church, and City College.

Stephen and Paul Kendrick’s “Nine Days” recounts a brief episode of the civil rights movement that had a surprisingly lasting impact.

Today, life along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd reflects the diverse spectrum that makes up L.A.'s African-American community, said UCLA historian Brenda Stevenson.

Then-Senator John Kennedy made a phone call to Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife Coretta that changed history.

Martin Luther King Jr. and his lieutenants were his "close personal friends," he professed, and Albany was merely a clash of means rather than a disagreement of philosophy.

That ability to inspire had lead Bayard Rustin, the legendary civil rights activist and organizer, to leave his role as coordinator in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership ...

It was, really, the same thing that Rhett James had thought when he invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Dallas.

In the statement, “Racism and the World House,” Martin Luther King, Jr. provided perhaps his most sophisticated analysis of racism as a global phenomenon, with a special focus on both its tragic ...

Martin Luther King Jr. shakes hands with Adlai Stevenson, then the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, as President John F. Kennedy looks on, in 1962. (AP) ...