The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

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 ...

The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson passed through and saw a slave auction in full swing. When King came in 1964 ...

The world discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped cover the hospital bill for America’s Sweetheart herself – Julia Roberts. It sounds like something straight out ...

Two years ago, a fire destroyed the historic Camden home where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived as a student. Pastor Amir Khan, president of New Beginnings Behavioral ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s bold quest to fight for peace across the nation and for all people to be treated equally led to the Civil Rights Movement. Although his acts of selflessness cemented his name ...

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

From the Southside to the Peninsula, Dr. King’s influence on our area is visible. In Norfolk, an 83-foot granite Martin Luther King Monument towers over the intersection of Chur ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work ...

The next year, he joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Selma to Montgomery marches for civil rights. Marty was skeptical of the word “tolerance,” which to his ear sounded a tad ...