King was born to Alberta Williams and Martin Luther King Sr. in Atlanta, in a modest two-story Queen Anne Victorian home that ...

The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is proud to announce the acquisition of the extraordinary archive of ...

Thousands of people braved the cold to learn about King and the Civil Rights movement during a free admission day at the Durham Museum in downtown Omaha.

From #kunhardtfilmfoundation Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was ...

This is not about Dr. King. It’s about us as a community,” said Janice Leavell, the chair for the King Holiday Committee in ...

Federal judge Jerry W. Blackwell stood in the pulpit of Duke Chapel during a Sunday commemoration service for civil rights ...

Here's how Dr. King’s final address, which highlighted the importance of jobs, economic independence, and Black economic ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, was a civil rights activist and pastor of Dexter Avenue King Memorial ...

We need his “revolution in values.” Inauguration Day is here, and your support is critical as Truthout uses all its resources ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of ...

Memphis was embroiled in a massive sanitation workers’ strike. After years of racial discrimination from management and a ...