The words written about Martin Luther King Jr. during his too-short life and in the decades since his assassination on April 4, 1968, would be impossible to count. King himself left a deep archive ...

On March 25, 1965, at the conclusion of the brutally consequential march from Selma to Montgomery, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a speech titled “Our God Is Marching On!” He spoke to a ...

Three years later, as the world converged on Atlanta for King’s funeral, most whites stayed home out of fear or protest. This article originally ran in the May 2011 issue. Advertisement ...

BOSTON, MA – January 13: Unveiling of Embrace Memorial Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at the Boston Common on January 13, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.

“Let’s celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not just as a historical figure, but as a symbol of hope and a guiding light,” Palm said. FAMU President Larry Robinson also spoke, sharing that ...

Before Martin Luther King Jr. became a great man, he was a young man, and he often acted like one. In The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age, to be published this spring, Patrick Parr ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is hard to find in ... wrote in an advice column in Ebony magazine in 1958. ... like the fact that there were cicadas buzzing in the background.

In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. was writing an advice column for Ebony Magazine called, "Advice for Living." I found excerpts of his column in "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Volume IV ...

Stephanie Stebich, the Margaret and Terry Stent Director, shares her thoughts about Black History Month, Martin Luther King, Jr. and hope for American democracy. Stephanie Stebich Robert S ...