The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to the city in January 1966 to assist with the city’s fledgling civil rights efforts.

Dr. King, who led the fight against racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent resistance, remains the only non-president to have a federal holiday named in his honour.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader, is fast approaching. Observed on the third Monday in January, the holiday falls near King’s birthday and gives Americans ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In Indianapolis on April 4th, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced to a waiting crowd that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. Author Ray ...

Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, reflects on his father's legacy and what he considers today's most urgent social justice issues.