Discover who Martin Luther King Jr was. Learn what he fought for, his famous quotes, education, religion, Gandhi’s influence, ...

The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.” By Jennifer Schuessler Jonathan ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day each year falls on the third Monday in January - near the civil rights leader’s birthday on Jan.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent Black civil rights activist and Baptist minister from Atlanta.

Chicago historian Jonathan Eig won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for “King: A Life,” his 2023 biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a bestseller widely recognized for its monumental scope and ...

BLOOMINGTON – The resident-led Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission will host its Annual Commemoration ...

The Nonfiction Author Series consists of four separate author presentations — each with a hot/cold buffet breakfast and a ...

White Plains collector Seth Kaller has an original copy of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, which doesn't mention the dream.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. recalled falling to his knees and weeping during his visit to a divided Jerusalem in 1959. “It was on a beautiful afternoon a few weeks ago that we journeyed from our ...