On March 25, 1965, at the conclusion of the brutally consequential march from Selma to Montgomery, Martin Luther King, Jr., ... William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorated each year on the third Monday in January, will be observed this year on Monday, Jan. 20. It's designated as a "national day of service to encourage all ...

The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died.

The claim: Martin Luther King Jr. was 'killed by his doctor,' not a gunman. More than half a century after his death, conspiracy theories about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for nonviolence doesn't mean he was beloved during his time. To the contrary. King was a threat to America.

NOEL KING, HOST: Today marks 50 years since the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "CBS EVENING NEWS") WALTER CRONKITE: Good evening.

BEARING THE CROSS Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference By David J. Garrow 800 pages. William Morrow. (1986) Relying on interviews with King’s closest ...

Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery in March 1965. | William Lovelace/Express, Getty ...

Dr. William Anderson, 94, has lived in the Detroit area for decades, but as a young man, he spent years working alongside Martin Luther King Jr.