Dr King promised that “every penny” of his Nobel Peace Prize money would go towards the Civil Rights Movement. He kept his promise, donating the funds to organizations like the Gandhi Society for ...
The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.
Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama ... the March on Washington and became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in ...
The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...
Civil rights activist and stealth Trekker Martin Luther King Jr. had an intense conversation with one of the show's main cast members in order to keep the series intact.
Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.