Forgotten openly gay activist spearheaded the historic 1963 March on Washington, which had an estimated 250,000 attendees.

Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Movement March on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, as it goes from Comfort Suites to Martin Luther King Park in Bethlehem.(Amy Shortell/The Morning Call) ...

ATLANTA — The West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Northwest Atlanta, a site deeply rooted in the Civil Rights movement, may ...

“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a personal hero of mine ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 stand as monumental victories for Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.

Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X pictured during their first and only meeting, outside the US Capitol on 26 March 1964 (Image credit: Trikosko / Library of Congress / Interim Archives / Getty ...

Today she is the director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, where she oversees the archive of his sermons, speeches, writings and other materials. Here, she explains the ...

"For the kids to know what Dr. Martin Luther King's rights," Frankie West, President of the Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights Movement March, said.

President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

A documentary covering Stevie Wonder’s work to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a holiday is now in production.

Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday falls on Jan. 15. As is ...

Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X pictured during their first and only meeting, ... 1965, just days before the Selma to Montgomery marches were about to be attempted by King's movement, ...