The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to the city in January 1966 to assist with the city’s fledgling civil rights efforts.

This Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is especially auspicious, falling as it does during the sesquicentennial—250 years since we declared our independence. Ever since its founding, our nation has made ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day didn’t start as a feel-good holiday. It started as an argument—loud, emotional, and deeply ...

Wilfred Akanbi launched the Valparaiso University community into a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a ...

Dr. King’s revolutionary vision for economic justice, overcoming political opposition and cementing social justice is ...

On a day with single-digit temperatures and a cultural atmosphere that may have deterred it, local college students were ...

Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, reflects on his father's legacy and what he considers today's most urgent social justice issues.

NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961.

Each year members of the Trenton and surrounding community are recognized at the SEED, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast for their commitment to providing service to their community ...

Despite Monday afternoon’s frigid temperatures, a dozen participants made their way to the intersection of Reese and Hughes ...

The civil rights leader's powerful words remain as relevant today as they were in the 1960s. Here's how to remember MLK’s ...

"They fought long and hard for the rights that we are seeing eroded today," one speaker said during the event.