King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out ...

A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the ...

As we pay tribute to his life and legacy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day — observed on the third Monday of January in recognition of his birthday on Jan. 15, 1929 — we revisit some of his most ...

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.

The man behind Black History Month was a Harvard scholar who felt “all Americans should understand the largely overlooked ...

Jacksonville celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the civil rights ... to the nation's best work of history or biography. VyStar Credit Union's "2025 Tomorrow ...

The Lamron discussed why Black History Month was February, the shortest month of the year. This year, I wanted to change the ...

On Feb. 10, journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig visited the Tompkins County Public Library to speak about his book “King: ...

Related: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Son Reveals Why He 'Never Felt ... I’ve spent my life in the shadow of my dad’s accomplishments, and I’ve often struggled to figure out how to emerge ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...