Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files released in 2017.
In these quiet ways — and others — people across the Washington region will honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday while thousands of others converge on the nation’s capital to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump being sworn in for a second term.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Committee of St. Johns County hosts St. Augustine’s 40th Annual Commemorative Event on Saturday, January 18 to celebrate the memory of Dr. King and his great influence in the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
King’s fight for racial equality was built on the idea that all people are created in God’s image. It was the reason he believed every person — regardless of their race — deserved dignity, respect and equal rights. In Islam, the idea that we are created from a single soul highlights our shared humanity (Quran 4:1).
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive te
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy.
Bernice King, daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., accused the Black pastor at President Trump’s inauguration of misusing the slain civil rights leader’s “I Have a Dream”
MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, co-authored the book "What is My Legacy?" with activists and contributors, including Julia Roberts.
The Orlando Magic organization will spend the entire week leading up to MLK Day on Jan. 20 by volunteering in Central Florida.
Martin Luther King III, the son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., admitted that his father would be “disappointed” but not “surprised” by the current state of the world. While appearing on Sunday’s episode of “Meet the Press,” host Kristen ...
Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., said his father would be “quite disappointed” with the current world, but not surprised. King joined NBC News ...