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 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks of the second Trump Administration, King scholar Lerone A. Martin thinks he would not be surprised. "King said there's nothing new about ...

Journalist and author Jonathan Eig spent six years—the entire pandemic and then some—holed up in his Chicago ... writing King: A Life, a 688-page biography of Martin Luther King Jr. It was ...

Discover the trailblazing efforts of Carole Simpson, Dorothy Gilliam, Belva Davis, and Melba Tolliver, who broke barriers in ...

Leak and Sons Funeral Homes has been supporting Chicagoland families during their times of loss. But beyond their funeral ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew. King, whose birthday is a national holiday, came dozens of times to Florida. As early as February 1958, King made a rousing speech at Bethel AME Church in Miami to ...

By the end of the day Sunday, three Home Run Inn locations will be out of business. The company said it is shutting down its restaurants at 3401 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. in Chicago's ...

The Rev. Dr. Marty was once described by Time Magazine as "the most influential interpreter of religion in the U.S." ...

The world discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped cover the hospital bill for America’s Sweetheart herself – Julia Roberts. It sounds like something straight out ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association Committee has been in communication with the city of Steubenville about putting up honoree signs. Following a unanimous voice vote ...

Throughout his distinguished career, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus and the Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty was one of the ...