NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, ...
He never suggested that his dream of a discrimination-free society should make us blind to the persistence of racism.
Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.
Originally released on home video, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective follows a more traditional approach ...
Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration and honoring of the work done by the famed civil rights leader.
Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...
Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files ...
The resonance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech, delivered on the eve of his assassination in Memphis, ...
January 20, 2025, marks the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “On this day of coinciding significance, during ...
The MLK parade in Newport News featured a special guest appearance by Dr. King’s niece, Rev. Robin Scott-King, who shared the ...
The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black ...
The convergence of MLK Day and Inauguration Day invites reflection on shared ideals and how we can embody them in our own ...