Martin Luther King Jr.

Where issues of race and activism stand 60 years after March on Washington The March on ... Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country ... Read More

Martin Luther King Jr.: How the world heard the news of his assassination

“To the world, Dr. King had the stature that ... rioting was breaking out in response to the news that Martin Luther King Jr. had been gunned down in Memphis the day before.” ... Read More

Martin Luther King Jr. didn't live long enough to see how we've dismantled his legacy

Martin Luther King Jr. became ... He died the day before the 1963 March on Washington, a mere two months after Evers. MLK did not live to see us misuse his words King did not live to see racist ... Read More

Martin Luther King III joins UVa faculty, pushes students to restore 'fibers of democracy'

Progress sat down with the son of the famous Civil Rights leader to discuss his new role as professor of practice at UVa's Center for Politics. Read More

Martin Luther King Jr. urges voting as key civil rights step in Tulsa | Only in Oklahoma

The largest audience in the history of the church crowded into the North Tulsa First Baptist Church to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who ... brought to the New World and the beginning ... Read More

Martin Luther King Jr.: How the world heard the news of his assassination

Martin Luther King Jr. FILEPHOTO ... pledged to them a century before by Abraham Lincoln. “To the world, Dr. King had the stature that accrued to a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a man ... Read More

Martin Luther King Jr. didn't live long enough to see how we've dismantled his legacy

King hadn’t had a major victory in years, and his popularity had plummeted. As he neared death, almost 75% of Americans disapproved of him, labeling him a race-baiting troublemaker. Painfully ... Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. remembered

It was a somber day for the King family as members came together to commemorate the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King's daughter, Dr. Bernice King ... Read More

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Located on the northwest rim of the Tidal Basin, this 30-foot granite memorial pays homage to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everything ... Memorial and the World War II Memorial ... Read More