Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a street name is a powerful gesture—but many American cities miss the mark. Instead of safe, community-centered spaces, MLK-named streets are often wide, ...

Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King talked about the 2024 presidential election and work that the pair is doing to continue a famed family's civil rights legacy, in an with USA TODAY in ...

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 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 and suffered significant ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

In addition to the activity that Morehead, 31, does with his students, he also has three 8 x 10 inch portraits of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Malcolm X’s mugshots.

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory ...

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.