A few months ago, another image of Mrs. King from the U.N. march was discovered on a contact sheet in The Times’s archive ...

The deep history of the Penn Center, a former school for enslaved West Africans, and its connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

"We join all Georgians and those around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis," Gov. Brian Kemp posted on X. "His heart ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...

Located on the northwest rim of the Tidal Basin, this 30-foot granite memorial pays homage to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everything from its address at 1964 Independence Ave.

New York City has named a street after Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in recognition of his lifelong contributions to global ...

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

Institutions of higher learning contribute tremendously to the pool of knowledge, regardless of their conservative or liberal ...

“A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to ...

April 30 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. During a long period of protest before 1975, several local ...