Over a half-century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support and bring attention to a strike by more than 1,300 city sanitation workers, but the journey to Tennessee would cost ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, leads the dignity march on behalf of striking sanitation workers March 28, 1968. Rev. Henry Starks (right) clears the way for Dr. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy ...

Larry Ward, the man behind "Gun Appreciation Day," appeared on Al Sharpton's show on Monday — where Sharpton took the opportunity to criticize Ward's recent controversial remarks. Ward said that ...

Nichelle Nichols felt confined by her Star Trek role and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her not to quit the show. As the first season of Star Trek drew to a close, Nichols approached show ...

Martin Luther King III, his wife Arndrea Waters King, and daughter Yolanda Renée King participate in a vigil at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on April 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Sarah ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, appearing in a Chicago news conference with Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam, suggests a halt in the bombing of Vietnam on May 31, 1966.

A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was badly damaged.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday and suffered significant ...

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple , a historic Black church in downtown Memphis with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., was intentionally set, investigators said Wednesday.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade is returning to downtown Pensacola during Juneteenth after the original January showcase was cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions when the Pensacola ...

Cincinnati will soon build a long-planned $1.4 million memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. in Avondale, the city announced. The city wants the public's help in submitting historical photos and ...