Those are some of the basic MLK facts, but keep reading for more Martin Luther King, Jr. trivia! These Dr. King facts for kids and adults help us all as we celebrate and honor his lasting legacy.

A bronze statue to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston is being panned online for being ambiguous in appearance. What can Martin Luther King Jr. teach us today ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t ...

Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, PhD, (she/her) is an abolitionist organizer, educator, minister and community-engaged, interdisciplinary scholar whose praxis of “love, study and struggle” is rooted in Black ...

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 ...

Before Martin Luther King Jr. led marches, gave speeches, and peacefully fought to change the world, he was just a kid navigating life in the segregated South. His early years were a mix of love ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a hero, but he was not a saint or a symbol. So writes Jonathan Eig, one of the country’s most ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage, hope ... for celebrity monologues honoring the American activist. The American bio-doc lets the events speak for themselves through archival footage, speeches ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president. That changes ...

The house was badly damaged by a fire two years ago. The restoration work to turn it into a museum is expected to be completed by 2026.