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Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
A documentary covering Stevie Wonder’s work to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a holiday is now in production.
A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.
Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...
"Martin Luther King was Killed by his DOCTOR NOT the BULLET," reads text in a Facebook post published Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The Movement. The Moment.” event on Thursday, April 4, 2024, to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 56th anniversary of his assassination in Memphis, Tenn.
From left - Christian Andrew, CXA Empire brand strategist, and Antonio Palmer, Kingdom Celebration Center bishop, at the 37th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Dinner (Sloane Brown) ...
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as a pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.
Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s determination to publicize and change the fact that underserved and marginalized communities disproportionately experience environmental dangers remains unfinished today.
Martin Luther King III holds his daughter, Yolanda Renee King, during a wreath laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Monument on Sunday, January 20, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. He was standing on a second-floor balcony outside his room at the ...