Martin Luther King Jr. famously shared his dream for a world where people are judged by their character’s content, not their skin color. He also dedicated his life to fighting racial inequality ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

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 ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...