Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.

King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. When did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a holiday? Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr ...

along with his last visit to the Derby City.What did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. do on his last visit to Louisville?March 1967 would mark King's final visit to Louisville, about one year before his ...

Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only Black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma ... what are they going to do when I show up?” In Selma on March ...

OPINION: Alberta King, the mother of the civil rights leader, was killed by a Black man who was inspired by harmful religious rhetoric. The world stopped when Dr. Martin Luther ... did not want to do.

would stand in a bathtub at a flophouse across the street from the Lorraine Hotel and fire one shot at civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., striking him in the chin and killing him.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in January to honor and remember the Civil Rights leader. His work has inspired millions, even decades after his death. While the Civil ...