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 ...
On the weekend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we've collected several videos of Dr. King's speeches as well as news coverage and tributes to him after his death. 'I have a dream' - Aug. 28, 1963, ...
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 ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 1956, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History In this photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at Rankin Chapel at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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, ...
A national holiday honoring King was enacted in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. After some debate among Idaho state legislators about giving state employees another holiday and over King’s impact, in ...