Despite freezing outdoor temperatures, students, faculty and members of the community filled Shippensburg University’s Old ...

Studying Dr. King’s legacy through that lens was the focus of Prof. Jacqueline Stewart’s keynote address at the University of ...

In 1963, King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

The morning of Martin Luther King Day, my wife and I explained Dr. King's legacy to our children. We told them how he was the ...

MONTGOMERY, AL – MARCH 25: Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building. On March ...

Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead the Civil Rights Movement. Read about his “I Have a Dream” speech, quotes, holiday, kids, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at 39 years old, but his final book "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?" and his last speeches showed his focus on globalizing the civil rights ...

Last week, we paused as a nation to remember and honor the life and legacy of one of America’s most consequential civil ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote some of his most enduring words behind bars. From a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell in 1963, on smuggled bits of paper, he wrote a legendary essay that still lands ...

As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught w ...

In November of 2024, I found myself standing in front of a modest home on South Jackson Street in Montgomery, Alabama. It was once the parsonage of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and from 1954 to 1960 ...

The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this past Monday was the 40th anniversary of this federal holiday. Its establishment only came after another great struggle. The movement to commemorate ...