Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Martin Marty, an eminent church historian, prolific chronicler and interpreter of religion and its role in public life, died ...

Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old.

"In the case of Martin Luther King, if change is going ... in American public life has died. Martin Marty was a writer, teacher, historian and pastor. He was 97 years old. NPR religion ...

A staunch champion of pluralism, he was described in Time magazine as “the most influential living interpreter of religion in ...

Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday ... Wright's rhetoric matches that of Martin Luther King," he said. "When you hear King accusing ...

An autopsy determined that a man found dead in his North Oakland apartment March 4 died from a gunshot wound and the case ...