One of the facts about Martin Luther King Jr. that most people are unaware of: His birth certificate reads Michael King, an ...

January 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15. April 8, 1968 - Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King, just ...

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.

Jonathan Eig, who wrote the acclaimed biography, ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the civil rights leader in an interview with NPR Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she ...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery, ...

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one we honor and celebrate every single year, but how well do Americans really know the civil rights leader? Born in Atlanta, Ga., King never knew he would ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless advocate for equality and is best known for his message of peaceful ...

The revered Civil Rights leader was assassinated on April 4. 1968 at just 39 years old Bettmann Archive/Getty To many of us, Martin Luther King Jr. was a mega-force for the Civil Rights movement — a ...

The legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered across the Inland Empire in coming weeks with events memorializing what would have been his 96th birthday on Jan. 15.