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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil-rights activist who helped end segregation in the US. Martin wasn't his given name: He was born Michael King Jr., after his father. At 35, he became the ...

This Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is especially auspicious, falling as it does during the sesquicentennial—250 years since we declared our independence. Ever since its founding, our nation has made ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” is often bastardized and misinterpreted with selective quotes from the text to urge unity while ignoring the the Black experience in America that King’s ...

49th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade held in Miami The City of Miami honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday with its 49th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the federal holiday honoring slain Civil Rights leader. Two U.S. states, including Mississippi, also honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same day. Several states ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A homicide investigation is underway after emergency responders discovered a male body inside a burned-out ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The country is preparing to honor the life of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. The civil rights leader was assassinated in April 1968 but his legacy activism and peace ...

In 1965, three months after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. declared from the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, that the aim of the civil rights movement was no more and no less than ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A man has been charged with open murder for allegedly fatally shooting a 16-year-old and dumping the ...

(A version of this story first appeared on Dec. 12, 2014.) Three years after Martin Luther King Jr. became internationally famous as the spokesman for the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, he came to ...

A combination photo shows the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in an undated file photo and Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory giving his homily at the annual Mass celebrating the legacy of Rev. King on Jan.