Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t ...

Among his many accomplishments ... advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr ...

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 ...

The US attorney in Washington, DC, arguing the public needs to know the “truth” about the assassination of Martin Luther King ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte ...

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I.

Martin Luther King Jr., for example, argued that with passage of civil rights laws, affirmative action programs should be aimed at supporting economically disadvantaged people of all races.

I was more intrigued with Martin Luther King Jr., though, and Malcolm X, and how the guy who wrote "Roots" betrayed them both ...

a 688-page biography of Martin Luther King Jr. It was time well spent. Before Eig, many other biographers had tackled King's life story. But what makes Eig's approach different is how it humanizes ...

As people slowly strolled the aisles, eyeing pieces of history honoring the Black community’s inventions, accomplishments and struggles alike – Martin Luther King Jr.’s words echoed ...