Work is coming along on the Lincoln King Community Center and Health Clinic under construction on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive next to Julian Thomas Elementary School. On March 19, construction crews ...

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

Willie Simon stood outside the Memphis motel where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, now a museum dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement.

Before Lerone Martin joined Stanford in 2022 as director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, he ...

President Donald Trump compared crowd sizes between his July 4th celebration and Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech on Thursday. Trump was speaking to the press about the ...

The pool, which is more than 2,000 feet long, was the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and other events. By Luke Broadwater Reporting from Washington Next up on President Trump ...

Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King. Fifty-eight years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

The night before that event, the 17-year-old attended prom, posing for a photo in a black lace gown alongside her date. Sunday brought with it another rite of passage. King joined a line of young ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace and nonviolent social change. By Peter Applebome This obituary was ...

A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a shooting of a Columbus City Schools student following a dispute in the parking lot of a Columbus Metropolitan Library. The shooting occurred at ...

At a moment when the American experiment feels strained by polarization and distrust, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham offers something both bracing and reassuring in his latest book, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Back in February 2010, the radio show State of the Re:Union, created by Al Letson, ...