Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech in Montgomery, Alabama known as Our God is Marching on.

An Alabama county has passed a resolution to preserve a jail cell where civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is believed to have been held months before he was assassinated in 1968.

The house that was a safe haven to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama is being moved to Michigan. It will be opened to the public as part of the history museum.

Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that jointly celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. If a Birmingham lawmaker has his way, this practice ...

Professor Warren Goldstein showed slides as he lectured to a class at the University of Hartford about the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s time in Birmingham, Alabama, and the civil rights ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s son is calling on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution of Nathaniel Woods, who was convicted in 2005 of the shooting deaths of three police officers.

Alabama and Mississippi recognize both King and Lee on the ... President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was simply dad. ... Alabama in 1966. 10 of 10. Polished Up .

Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leads a silent memorial march in her husband's memory, April 8, 1968, following his assassination in Memphis, Tenn. Richard L. Copley ...

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped out of his car on Aug. 5, 1966, in his usual dark suit and polished shoes, he was met by a line of police and a mob of angry white people.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910.

Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of voting 01:34. The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.But in Alabama and ...