From preschool primers to Martin Luther King Jr.’s essential speeches, these books confirm his eternal relevance. January 15, 2024: Today marks 95 years since the birth of civil rights icon, ...

The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.” By Jennifer Schuessler Jonathan ...

Annually, around the time of Monday’s federal holiday, there is a noticeable uptick in education and conversation about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most prominent civil ...

As Election Day approaches, columnist Mike Daly reflects on the Civil Rights Movement that was grounded in securing voting ...

Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story (By Martin Luther King Jr. in collaboration with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1957), 16 pgs. In 1960, one of four college students who participated in ...

“This is not a black holiday; it is a people’s holiday,” said Coretta Scott King after President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983. But in the complicated history of ...

Martin Luther King III is exploring new ways to understand legacy and success. “Life should be a legacy of love,” the oldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...

Hundreds marched in South Bend, Indiana to celebrate the completion of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Center on the anniversary of King's assassination. The $27 million center replaces the ...