The Martin Luther King, Jr. estate is worth nearly $10 million. However, there is no reliable way to account for the cost of the violence and trauma the family has endured.

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Inauguration Day, biographer Patrick Parr looks at what civil rights leader would have wanted as president. News Today's news ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January to mark the late activist’s birthday. In 2025, the holiday falls on January 20, the same day typically set aside ...

Get to know Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King's kids, including what they're doing now, how old they are, and how they're honoring their parents' legacy.

In some ways it’s a sick irony – the juxtaposition of Trump being inaugurated on Monday, the same day we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. King was a champion for civil and human rights.

Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday falls on Jan. 15. As is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 years. It’s the only federal holiday where you take a “day on, not a day off.” In 1994, ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. was on a multinational trip in 1934 with the Baptist World Alliance when he had the idea, according to 1517. He had joined with the Fifth World Congress of Baptist ...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of the Montgomery, Alabama state capital building on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery.