Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... April 4, 1968. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on Jan. 15, 1929. He was the eldest son and the second of four children in his family.

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The students then shared their ...

King III explores his complicated relationship with his father's legend in 'What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of Connection, Love and Fulfillment' In 2022, Martin Luther King III ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, a day dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...

That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office for his second term as the 42nd president of the United States. Martin Luther King III, the late civil rights leader's son and a ...

I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final days protesting the hazardous work conditions suffered by black sanitation workers in Memphis.

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through ... That last happened during President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The two other times Inauguration Day and MLK Day overlapped ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent activist in the civil rights movement of America, He was one of the central figures of the movement until his death in 1968. In honour of his great ...

The birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated around ... 1968, while on the second-floor balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was a peace-broker, a humanitarian, a ...

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 ...

according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. He was standing on a second-floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.