On the morning of 14 October 1964, Martin Luther King, sleeping in an Atlanta hospital room after checking in for a rest, was awakened by a phone call from his wife, Coretta Scott King, telling him ...

Lionel Richie once passed up on an opportunity to march alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Freedom Fighters. During a recent interview with The Guardian about his new memoir, “Truly,” the ...

Richie opens up about his experience growing up during the civil rights movement in his new memoir Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty; Bettmann Archive/Getty Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — All lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive are closed between Alamance Church Road and the I-40 westbound exit after a vehicle crash, city officials said. No injuries have been ...

The government shutdown has shuttered Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. The partial shutdown of the federal government has led to the closure of one of Atlanta’s most ...

The annual Greater Philadelphia MLK Day of Service, one of the region’s largest volunteering and charitable events, will be hosted by Temple University next year for the first time since 2009. “Dr.

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FAYETTEVILLE -- Overnight lane closures are scheduled on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at the Interstate 49 interchange in Fayetteville next week, according to the Arkansas Department of ...

Charlie Kirk’s death shook the country. The 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA was shot and killed during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, September 10. His death ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Martin Luther King III, eldest son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., said Wednesday during a visit to Norfolk State University he believes slain conservative ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On the morning of April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. readied to head to Memphis, Tennessee, for the ...

Behold, pedestrians, bikers, and drivers: The Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Bridge has a reopening date. More than two years after the bridge closed completely to the public for a rehabilitation ...