MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and ...

On Friday, The Safe Haven Center commemorated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his ... History and the Civil Rights-based newspaper, she posed the question to the audience of, “If ...

The three of us will cross that same bridge this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. With the hindsight ...

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 ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew. King, whose birthday is a national holiday, came dozens of times to Florida. As early as February 1958, King made a rousing speech at Bethel AME Church in Miami to ...

King delivered the keynote address at Old Dominion University during the 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Observance on Tuesday. King, the youngest daughter of Coretta Scott King and Martin ...

Dozens of people from the greater Farmington area attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Day service. FARMINGTON — Bishop James Ruggieri, the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, guest speaker ...

Community Action Partnership of Orange County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service began more than 20 years ago, when Mark Lowry, director of the OC Food Bank, realized many young people were ...

The words "I Have a Dream" are historically famous. They defined the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King. But they're just one speech in a long life of brilliance and introspection.

In 1988, then Annapolis alderman Carl Snowden put together The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Maryland. Among its chief purposes, to honor those who kept King’s legacy alive with their own ...

TIFF CHRIS THANK YOU. WELL, TODAY WE CELEBRATE DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY. CITIES ACROSS OUR AREA ARE HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. AND THAT INCLUDES ...