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I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.
A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights ...
The rally included Martin Luther King III as well as other local and state leaders across a variety of sectors.
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...
On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... he gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's ...
We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...