She was six years old when she marched with her family in the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston Common. A woman held a sign paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. during Saturday’s rally.

Fifty-seven years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Downtown Memphis. The minister and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led the Civil ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in Memphis On Feb. 1, 1968, Robert Walker and Echol Cole, two sanitation workers, were killed on the job.

The King Center will host a wreath-laying ceremony Friday afternoon to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 57 years after he was assassinated in Memphis.

American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968) sits on a couch and speaks on the telephone after encountering a white mob protesting against the Freedom Riders in ...

Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 57 years ago. America still needs his wisdom. “When you think about most immigrants that are frightened, in some cases for children to go to school.

On rare occasions, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day coincide. Former President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term fell on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

And so on Aug. 8, 1968, South Park Way became Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, stretching from 22nd Street south to 115th Street. Hardy and I talked at length then and we kept in touch.