On the evening of April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to Memphis sanitation ...

I’m using the arts of civil and human rights in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and Stevie Wonder to block out the ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day cleared Congress, and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Professional basketball has long evoked the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bill Russell stood with the civil rights ...

"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

It's an easy decision, for me. Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors service, not self-gratification.

Civil rights expert john a. powell, author of the recently published book “The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where ...

King visited Stanford to deliver a speech entitled “The Other America,” which focused on the injustice present in an America ...

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black ...

Every year around this time, I find myself reflecting on my father's dream for our country—a profound vision for justice, ...

It took a long and contentious fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday in Arizona. The big picture: The ...