Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honors the pastor and civil rights activist on what would be his 96th birthday. It is a federal holiday, so many offices and businesses will be closed for the day.

Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Mahalia Jackson, Toni Morrison and countless others who performed in support of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all that he stood for: To use nonviolent protest as a means ...

A “Good Trouble Lives On” protest began on Thursday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Amarillo, protesting equal rights. This ...

Last Wednesday marked the 39th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis. Dr. King made his first appearance in TIME magazine 51 years ago. The single paragraph devoted to ...

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.’s only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born on May 25, 2008. Here’s everything to know about MLK’s granddaughter.

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.