He never suggested that his dream of a discrimination-free society should make us blind to the persistence of racism.

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

In honor of her father's birthday, Bernice King, the youngest child of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King, shared a heartfelt ...

One of the most influential people of the 20th century, Martin Luther King Jr ... to Alberta Williams King and Michael King ...

It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...

During the early morning hours every third Monday in January, residents of Savannah and neighboring cities gather in downtown ...

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both ...

MLK Day 2025 falls on Monday, Jan. 20, which in 2025, also falls on Inauguration Day. MLK Day is considered a federal holiday ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King ... arriving early to take a ...

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin ... an early figure of the burgeoning civil rights movement. The younger King devoted his entire life to ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), invites the community to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a free open house.Tickets—including access to Georgia O'Keeffe and ...