But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an ...

The prison bench where Martin Luther King Jr. penned one of his best-known letters will be displayed at the Museum of the American Revolution later this year. The metal seat from which the civil ...

Martin Luther King Jr. in jail in Birmingham, Alabama for campaigning against segregation. He wrote this letter on April 16, 1963 in response to a statement by eight Alabama clergymen who felt his ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is widely regarded as one of the most important texts of the Civil Rights Movement. Ahead of the MLK holiday on Monday, HarperCollins has ...

Martin Luther King's birthday is over, his holiday finished for another year. So now is a good time to talk about what he meant to Birmingham. And what Birmingham meant to him. Not on his birthday.

Mr. Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” the winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Great waves of cruelty pound us. Government officials use the law to attack the weak and vulnerable. Out ...

The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country. By Kurt Streeter The enduring legacy of the Rev ...