For a limited time, visitors can step inside the building on Auburn Avenue that played a key role in how the civil rights movement was run.

An osteopath in Albany, Ga., he drew national attention, and the involvement of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for his efforts to end segregation.

Explore the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the March on Washington and Selma to Montgomery marches. Learn how Dr. King used ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women's roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book Trailblazers and Torchbearers dives into the stories of female leaders ...

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

Learn about MLK's family life, his role in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and his famous 'I ...

The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader and former politician who rose to prominence as a protege of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. The 84-year-old's family announced ...

Communities across the country will soon honor the life and legacy of an American civil rights icon. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed on Monday. Like the civil rights movement itself, the ...

Lateefah Simon lashed out at Republican witnesses at the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday for quoting Dr. Martin Luther ...

Born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated as one of the most influential Black leaders in American history. The Baptist minister, scholar, civil-rights activist ...

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s ...

At a time when setbacks often feel like dead ends, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. offered a simple yet enduring principle: progress is not defined by pace, but by persistence. His words ...