Stock/Getty Images Plus Spring in D.C. is all about one thing: cherry blossoms. The district’s iconic trees were first planted back in 1912 when the Mayor of Tokyo, Yukio Ozaki, gifted 3,000 yoshino ...

The King family will host its annual service and remembrance walk on the anniversaries of King's death and funeral.

The King Center honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 57 years after his assassination with a wreath-laying ceremony in Atlanta.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she’s still considering a run for Georgia governor. Bottoms discussed her ...

Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...

Dr. King believed that true justice lifts up everyone, not just a select few. Alveda King noted that this was rooted in Acts 17:26, that her uncle aspired for “the day that there'll be no black power, ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR's Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his ...

When is a paperweight a firearm? When the U.S. Supreme Court overrules sensible lower court decisions so the federal ...

As a leader of the Milwaukee Commandos, Fred Reed provided protection for civil rights protestors during 200 nights of ...

All that’s left of the Lincoln Park home where the Cawthons strategized civil rights work and hosted King family members is a ...