As the nation pauses for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 15, our events in Tuscaloosa will have special meaning this year — the 60th anniversary of Dr. King’s visit to one local church.

Paterson residents will celebrate the 96th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a special ceremony at the city’s newly unveiled statue honoring the civil rights leader. Mayor Andre ...

Sermons and selections by : Robert Cushman -- John Winthrop -- John Cotton -- Thomas Hooker -- Thomas Shepard -- Jonathan Mitchel -- Samuel Danforth -- Increase ...

Joe Biden delivered remarks Sunday from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, becoming the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon from the historic church where civil rights leader Dr.

American icon has inspired many a movie over the decades Martin Luther King, Jr.—here are five to watch to honor the civil ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Out-of-print books and writings by Martin Luther King will be brought back onto the shelves from next year under a deal between a U.S. publisher and the African-American ...

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was not the first time the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put pen to paper while imprisoned. A year earlier, behind bars in Albany, Georgia, King redrafted sermons for his ...

Judson L. Jeffries is a professor of African American and African studies at Ohio State University. He is a regular contributor to the Columbus Dispatch Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Dr. Derek Barber King Sr., nephew of Martin Luther King Jr., was in Battle Creek Sunday. King Sr. delivered the morning message at Second Missionary Baptist Church Sunday morning ...

What you need to know about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Over a half-century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support and bring attention to a strike by more than ...