martin luther king jr.

It has been five decades since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, but his words still carry power for activists, politicians, journalists, and everyday Americans, despite them being consistently misattributed. King wrote five books and delivered around 450 speeches a year, according to...

KKK recruitment fliers targeting Martin Luther King Jr. have been distributed in a Virginia neighborhood ahead of Monday’s public holiday honoring the civil rights leader’s legacy. Local police and the FBI have launched an investigation after the leaflets were found in a neighborhood in...

Ask ten people to name a Martin Luther King Jr. speech and nine will likely respond, “I Have a Dream.” And rightly so — King’s iconic 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial urged America to “make real the promises of democracy,” captured both the need for change and the potential for hope in …...

President Donald Trump restored the bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office. The bust was removed by former President Barack Obama who had preferred to have a figure of Martin Luther King Jr. in the office because he ''thought it was appropriate'' since he was the first African...