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

Dr. Cornel West will be the keynote speaker for commencement ceremony at Morehouse College, where he will also receive an ...

Martin Luther King Jr. came to Young's hometown of Gee's Bend ... Sitting on her screened-in porch, she smiled. "I'm famous," she said. "And look how old I am." She laughed.

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.

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

Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr will be released in the coming days, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday. President Donald Trump signed an executive ...

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

The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...

1. Martin Luther King Jr. Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and theologian who became the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement. His ideology was rooted ...