More than a half century after his death, Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and written words continue to inspire people around the world. The reverend and civil rights icon would have turned 95 on ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., minister, activist, and prominent leader in the civil rights movement, is remembered today for advancing civil rights through nonviolence. It has been more than 50 years ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of revelation who fought tirelessly and endlessly for the rights of African Americans all over the country. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, Dr. King was always ...

Tchanori Kone's words won her the first place at a Houston speech competition. — -- A fifth-grade Texas girl paid tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years after his death with ...

Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some impactful quotes from presidential inaugural speeches and ...

1. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” —“I Have a Dream,” 1963 2 ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech condemning the Vietnam War offers a powerful moral compass as we face the challenges of our time. This article appears in the April 2024 issue. During a sermon in ...

CHICAGO -- The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled the first talking Martin Luther King Jr. bobblehead Monday. The bobblehead, which is officially licensed through King's estate, ...

President Kennedy once posed the question: What is it to be an American today when our people are divided as never before? Now as then, too many of us have lost our way, our will and our sense of ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before 250,000 people on the National Mall in Washington 54 years ago today. He spoke from a prepared text. He was nervous. The speech wasn't flat. It just wasn't ...

During her concession speech, Vice President Kamala Harris quoted an adage from Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1968 speech "I've been to the Mountaintop." She focused on the quote, ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. would start 1968 — one of the most tumultuous years in American history — with an event at Kansas State University. Just months before his assassination, the speech was his ...