LAST VISIT HERE. IT WAS MARCH 1967. IT WOULD BE DOCTOR KING’S FINAL VISIT TO LOUISVILLE, ABOUT ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH. DOCTOR KING WAS INVITED TO SPEAK BEFORE A SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ...

Photographer Richard Copley recalls covering the sanitation workers' strike. Photographer Richard Copley recalls covering Martin Luther King, Jr. and the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis, ...

April 28 (Reuters) - A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was badly ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the life and impact of the activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. King is remembered as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement and for his iconic "I Have ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On the morning of April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. readied to head to Memphis, Tennessee, for the ...

On April 14, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Stanford to deliver a speech entitled “The Other America.” The address focused on the injustice present in an America marked by racial inequality.

The NAACP Norwich Branch, NAACP Robertsine Duncan Youth Council and Norwich Free Academy recognized the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. Friday. With a birthday luncheon in the cafeteria at the ...

Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day set aside to honor and remember the life and legacy of the civil rights activist. Events are planned for the days leading ...

Marcus Performing Arts Center will host the 41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Monday, Jan. 20. The event will honor student contest winners and include live dance and jazz ...

The Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah college.

President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday, Jan. 23, ...