The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...
For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...
If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks of the second Trump Administration, King scholar Lerone A.
By Martin Luther King, III, chairman of the board of the Drum Major Institute and author of “What is My Legacy?” The inauguration of the 47th president of the United States coincided with ...
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go on to become the voice of the movement. In 1955, he served as the spokesman for the Montgomery bus boycott. In 1957, he was elected the ...
The world discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped ... Turns out, in the late ‘60s, when Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia, her parents — Walter and Betty Roberts ...
Benjamin Mays ’20 and the Rev. Martin Luther King promised each other: He who outlived the other would deliver his friend’s last eulogy. On April 9, 1968, Mays made good on the promise. Benjamin Mays ...
King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...
He cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly after his home and church were bombed, and he became its ...
Pentagon Agency Pauses Celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and More WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin ...