There, MLK penned his famously stirring letter defending African-American resistance. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy led a march through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama.

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Speech given at the National ...

Martin Luther King Jr. welcomed four children with wife Coretta Scott King before his death in 1968 Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

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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 ...

If Vice President Kamala Harris loses the upcoming presidential election, Black men should not be to blame, said Martin Luther King III, son of the civil rights icon. "This election is not going ...

Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is calling for a Trump-supporting social media account to remove an ad featuring her father generated by artificial ...

In honor of the African-American activist, the city and suburbs of Chicago offer exciting Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day to honor the civil rights crusader and ...

As an adult, Dexter King focused on shepherding his father's legacy and protecting the King family's intellectual property. Dexter King was serving as the King Center's chairman at the time of his ...

(The Hill) – Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., is calling for a Trump-supporting social media account to remove an AI-generated ad featuring her father.