Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless advocate for equality and is best known for his message of peaceful ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

On April 4, the National Civil Rights Museum honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 57 years after his death in 1968. Each year, the National Civil Rights Museum honors Martin Luther King Jr. on April ...