The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.” By Jennifer Schuessler Jonathan ...

NEW YORK -- Two retired NYPD officers were honored Saturday for helping to catch a woman police say tried to burn down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood home. The house is a federal landmark in ...

Atlanta police have arrested a woman who they said tried to burn down the birthplace of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Update: 2:20 p.m. ET Dec. 8: Police have released the name of the woman arrested ...

Jonathan Eig worked as a reporter for various newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, before becoming a bestselling author. His 2017 biography of Muhammad Ali, titled Ali: A Life, won the ...

It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. But a new biography of King suggests history books about these two men may need to be ...

A woman was taken into custody after officials said that she allegedly attempted to set Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s childhood residence on fire. On Thursday (Dec. 7), authorities were looking into ...