B efore Martin Luther King Jr. led marches, gave speeches, and peacefully fought to change the world, he was just a kid ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

The Beaumont ISD board has named the Early College High School the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Academy. The ECHS is moving to the ML King campus. Students at the ECHS gave suggestions to ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage, hope, and determined commitment to end segregation is why he’s one of the most influential ...

To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, C-SPAN Classroom has aggregated a number of video resources to help your students learn more about him, the key events in his life, and his ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

As we pay tribute to his life and legacy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day — observed on the third Monday of January in recognition of his birthday on Jan. 15, 1929 — we revisit some of his most ...

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a young, rising star in the burgeoning civil rights movement in September 1958, when he sat signing copies of his first book in a Harlem department store.

In January 2000, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 U.S. states. Here’s what you need to know about King’s extraordinary life. Early life.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage, hope, and determined commitment to end segregation is why he’s one of the most influential figures of all time. There are plenty of movies to watch on Martin ...