Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...

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 ...

Eig's most recent book, "King: A Life," recently won a Pulitzer Prize and explores the complexities of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. Eig's research for his books relies heavily on primary sources ...

Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...

The bestselling historian and podcaster Tom Holland will publish a “big idea” title arguing the the social reforms of the ...

A little-known plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy has been unveiled by authors Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, who published a ...

As the deadline for the release of the files looms, Rhian Lubin revisits some of the outlandish and more compelling theories out there about the killings of JFK, RFK and MLK ...

This was one of the great lessons learned by Martin Luther King Jr. and others in the Civil Rights Movement. There was little that was spontaneous about their movement, and that was a good thing.

As a member of the school board, my primary responsibilities will be to help set policy and hire and supervise the ...

James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was ...

More than a year after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions, a controversial education reformer ...

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