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President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.
A 1979 congressional report found that King died due to a gunshot wound. Biographers say there's no evidence King was smothered in a hospital room.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once confessed to Harry Belafonte that he feared Black Americans were "integrating into a burning house," or a nation losing its moral vision, according to the late ...
President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
This week, we commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most iconic figures in American history, known for his tireless fight against ...
Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement.
Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in ...
Robert Griffin III has taken numerous shots at Angel Reese in recent weeks while making several accusations against the WNBA star, including messages on social media, with Bernice King weighing in ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1970 Rev. Donald Harrington ...
ATLANTA — The West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Northwest Atlanta, a site deeply rooted in the Civil Rights movement, may ...
A longtime civil rights leader and personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., died on Saturday.
Rev. Marion Tarrant, Asbury Baptist Church in Anderson, offers the Prayer of Peace during the 18th Mayor's Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast at the Civic Center of Anderson Friday, January 17 ...