(a prominent Democrat of that time), awarding me a foundational grant of $61,000 to establish Operation HOPE following the Rodney King Riots of 1992. Later, he joined forces with President Bill ...

Before Martin Luther King Jr. led marches ... Martin was a brainiac. As Time Magazine reported, he skipped two grades and started college at 15. Let that sink in. Most of us were still figuring ...

As we pay tribute to his life and legacy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day — observed on the third ... And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor ...

Martin Luther King III discusses the legacy of his iconic father and his emotional struggle to forge a path of his own in an ...

Civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95 Lawson was an apostle of nonviolent protest — and close adviser to Rev. Martin Luther ... King was serving as the King Center's chairman at ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in January ... then President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law. Since that time, the third Monday in January has been ...

who was 39 years old at the time, was a polarizing figure to half the country even before his death, said Lerone Martin, director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at ...

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades ... He "had been a small-time crook, a robber of gas stations and stores, who had served time in prison." ...

Titled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and created in 1984-85, the sculpture will be on public display for the first time ever at the de Young Museum beginning 18 January, two days before this year's ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights ...