"We need soldiers in the fight." Through speeches, history, poetry and music, Yancy said the goal of the day is to remind people of what Martin Luther King Jr. stood for, the work he did and the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. knew the political consequences of speaking out against the Vietnam War — and he did it anyway ... Nearly 60 years later, the fight for King’s “radical revolution ...

Martin Luther King III discusses the legacy of his iconic father and his emotional struggle to forge a path of his own in an ...

Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Martin Luther King Jr. was a Chicagoan ... We should continue to acknowledge what he left us, a legacy to fight on, even against all odds.” We stopped in front ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination ... was stationed in Germany. He did not stay long in the Army.

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 ...

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

He said he had a dream that life for his children could be different from how it had been for him. But what did he mean ... When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was only six years old, he wasn ...