Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year by Tavis Smiley with David Ritz is an agonizing look at the last year of the civil rights movement leader. The book ...

More than a half century ago, on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took the stage at Mason Temple, a Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, to deliver what ...

Michael Wayne Turner III takes us back in time to a turbulent era with his original drama “Ghost of King,” running through Sunday at Oakland Theater Project. The talented writer/performer creates a ...

On the surface, “The Mountaintop” seems like a straightforward play, a two-hander about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Camae, the motel maid who brings him coffee one stormy night. But the story is ...

LAST VISIT HERE. IT WAS MARCH 1967. IT WOULD BE DOCTOR KING’S FINAL VISIT TO LOUISVILLE, ABOUT ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH. DOCTOR KING WAS INVITED TO SPEAK BEFORE A SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to reflect on the messages and legacy of Dr. King through comradery, community service and the continuing the fight for peace and ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so famous that it often eclipses his other speeches. King's greatest contribution ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the life and impact of the activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. King is remembered as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement and for his iconic "I Have ...

Martin Luther King Sr., as he usually did, rose early for church on the morning of June 30, 1974. His wife, Alberta King, was still asleep. On Saturday night, her daughter Christine and two of her ...

Photographer Richard Copley recalls covering the sanitation workers' strike. Photographer Richard Copley recalls covering Martin Luther King, Jr. and the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis, ...