Places like the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama − and people like ... the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is commemorating the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

Greenfield Village is set to welcome visitors for a new season, showcasing an exciting, immersive exhibit currently under ...

The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

One speaker, Frank Smith, Jr., is the founding director of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.

Located on the northwest rim of the Tidal Basin, this 30-foot granite memorial pays homage to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everything from its address at 1964 Independence Ave.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years ... the popular name for the speech King delivered on the steps of the Alabama state capital during a 1965 voting rights rally that followed ...