There’s no denying that the image of Dr. King has been distorted over time to make his bold, radical message more “palatable.

Jonathan Gould, author of a new biography about Otis Redding, tells ABC News' Amna Nawaz about the meeting between Redding and King on an airplane.

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

Accounts of the life of Martin Luther King Jr often present him as a singularly great individual. Yet MLK was profoundly shaped by a vibrant ecosystem of socialists and labor radicals, from Myles ...

King bravely put his life on the line for peace and justice, not for a prize.

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.

Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, marks 40 years since the nation began honoring the birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday. In Memphis, the city where Dr. King spent ...

Several thousand people marched through the fog Monday in Sacramento to honor Martin Luther King Jr., continuing a decades-long tradition. Sacramento’s 44th annual March for a Dream, held on Martin ...

The spirit and legacy of MLK and the Civil Rights Movement do not belong to the past. They call us not only to remembrance, but to responsibility.

On this Martin Luther King holiday, somebody is going to play you a clip of the "I Have A Dream" speech. It is well worth a listen, but there is a lot more to hear, so our colleagues pulled something ...

The first federal holiday of 2026 is straight ahead. Martin Luther King Jr. Day each year falls on the third Monday in January - near the civil rights leader’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929. It’s held on ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, will be observed on Jan. 19. The holiday falls on the third Monday in January each year and is held around the civil rights leader’s birthday on Jan. 15, ...