Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

In April 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march from Carter Playground on the edge of Roxbury to Boston Common. It was ...

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for ...

April 4th is a municipal holiday to mourn a loss and celebrate the life of a giant in the push for civil rights in the U.S.

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth ...

US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead on April 4, 1968, as he was on his way to lead a march. His ...

In treating Northern so-called “de facto” segregation as distinct from ... even when it was called out in the eloquent tones of Martin Luther King Jr. himself. After the successes of the ...