Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... Shortly after his arrival, Rosa Parks would ...

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

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

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

Bernice King remembers when her father moved their family in 1966 to a third-floor walk-up without heat in Chicago. Martin ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President Donald Trump's decision to release the secret files surrounding his assassination, asking to review them before they are made public.

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Also named in the complaints are the nonprofits behind the event: Give Back 2 Kids, Be Xquisit and Martin Luther King, Jr.

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, which is now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.

Dr. King believed that true justice lifts up everyone, not just a select few. Alveda King noted that this was rooted in Acts 17:26, that her uncle aspired for “the day that there'll be no black power, ...

Gabbard, speaking at a White House cabinet meeting ... Kennedy's assassination, as well as Martin Luther King Jr's assassination," she said. "These have been sitting in boxes and storage for ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... make history when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. King would go on to enter the field of ...