Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ...

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

President Trump on Thursday ordered the declassification and release of long-secret files on the assassinations of President ...

To hear the 'story of a blind date that changed the course of a life' check out the first episode of King's 'My Legacy ...

Trump, who released some of the documents during his first term, said in the run-up to the 2024 election he would “declassify ...

President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...

Martin Luther King ... 1997 members of King’s family publicly supported Ray’s appeal for a new trial, but Tennessee authorities refused to reopen the case, according to biography.com and ...