Historian Jeanne Theoharis’s new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, is a major reexamination of the civil rights leader that offers a ...

They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most ...

Mr. Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” the winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Great waves of cruelty pound us. Government officials use the law to attack the weak and ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., addresses a large rally at the Boston Common on April 23, 1965, after completing a protest march from Roxbury. The protest was against racial imbalance in Boston ...

Symbolic architecture The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington stands at “1964 Independence Avenue SW”—an address deliberately chosen to commemorate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Martin Wasn’t Always His Name Photo: Getty Images Express Newspaper. Dr. King was born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15, 1929. Just like his son, MLK Sr.— who was born Michael King— was a well ...

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. fought for civil rights on the streets of Birmingham Calls Mount Against Stephen Curry as Warriors Star Faces MSG Security Crisis 50 of the best cameos ever in movie history ...

The Nation Newspaper Martin Luther King Jr and the revolution of values. Saturday, June 21, 2025 Advertise With Us E-paper. ... 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” MLK wrote: ...

Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama, May 9, 1963 AP Photo. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed that individuals like Stanley Levison, a close advisor to King, had significant ...

WVTM 13 Birmingham. Birmingham honors Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy. Posted: January 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. Birmingham honors Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy ...