BALTIMORE (AP) — It was almost instinctual for Ray Kelly to jump into action when he heard about a group of high school ...

Discover the deep history and connection between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Penn Center, a former school for ...

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of ...

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

Written by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963, join the WVTM 13 team to explore how the letter came to be a signature document of ...

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

Ray finally agrees to plead guilty. James Earl Ray pleads guilty to killing Martin Luther King, Jr. and is sentenced to 99 years in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee. March 13 ...

South Bend welcomes the new Martin Luther King Jr. Center on the west side with a march to honor the civil rights leader slain on this day in 1968.

Amy Duggar King is giving fans a family health update about husband Dillon King. The "Counting On" star and "19 Kids and Counting" alum revealed in a birthday post Thursday that her husband of ...

"A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor -- both black and white -- through the poverty program. There were ...