Jesse Williams hopes viewers of his short doc Hopes, Hoops & Dreams are reminded that true change comes from "meeting people ...

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...

When President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law, many Americans have observed the federal holiday to commemorate his life.

Now at 83, she stood before about 300 people packed into the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rock ... Little Rock Central and her lifelong fight for civil rights in the United States.

He said there was “zero chance” that Canada would ever be a 51st star on the American flag. Update: Things did not look ... birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., some critics of ...

NEW YORK — Organizations across the New York City marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with special events ... who reflected on King's importance. "He did a lot when he was a young person.

WATERLOO — A Black entrepreneur who fought to establish her first business told the audience at Sunday’s Martin Luther King Jr ... to fight to make them come true, much like King did in ...

"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 ...

He was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee at 39. Mt. Hope Community Garden honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Alliance San Diego also held a ceremony uplifting Dr. King’s legacy ...

As the inauguration and MLK Day converged, Trump’s nod to the civil rights leader was smothered in a speech of grievance.

It’s easy to oversimplify the life of Martin Luther ... King’s front line in his fight for justice; he focused on Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, then Chicago, then Memphis. But South ...

Standing on his balcony at The Lorraine Motel, King was shot and killed April 4, 1968. The assassination sparked another series of riots in the Avondale neighborhood, which resulted in the deaths of ...