E ach of us was blessed by our close relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and our close friendship across six decades. At 93 and 91 (Ambassador Young), we have each been blessed with ...

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 ...

We were Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle. Now, only two of us remain. Rev. Lawson's passing is an enormous loss. More than any other, he brought the philosophy and methods of Gandhian ...

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was simply dad. As we observe what would have been his 96th birthday, look back ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...