The King Center honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 57 years after his assassination with a wreath-laying ceremony in Atlanta.

ATLANTA (WJBF) – Born in Atlanta, civil rights icon and social activist, Martin Luther King Jr., made it his life mission to end segregation and fight for racial equality. He was shot and killed ...

ATLANTA - Fifty-seven years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee — a moment that shocked the world and ...

Note: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth home is also on-site, but it is closed through November 2025 for refurbishment. Most agree a trip to Atlanta must include time spent at this historical park.

Speech in Atlanta, 1967This declaration was not sentimental-it ... it earned him condemnation from mainstream media and political allies. The Radical Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King wasn't ...

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service was held on Monday at Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. The theme this year was "Mission Possible: Protecting ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has filed a brief here April on behalf of the Southern ...

Any day now, thousands of previously classified documents related to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are set to be released — ...

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...