Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” is a 67-year-old colorful comic book still making an impact across the globe ...

The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

which is awarded annually for the best work of American history or biography. Billed as the first major biography of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in decades, Eig’s book draws on recently ...

The United States has seen an African-American serve two ... It’s no wonder, then, that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has entered the American pantheon for what he achieved in just 13 years ...

Keziah Ridgeway, 37, who teaches African American history—a required class in the city—said the student added that Martin Luther King, Jr. was more peaceful and that Malcom X was more violent.

More than fifty years after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. remains a towering figure in the history of American civil rights. As with most influential thinkers, there is a certain amount of ...

By Raymond Arsenault NINE DAYS The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election By Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick The African-American struggle for freedom and civil ...

The Rev. Martin Luther ... African Americans? It is up to both communities today to make sure his message endures and triumphs. King's invoking of the Hebrew prophets galvanized many young ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence on American politics ... “which has spent so much time and effort trying to suppress African American votes in Florida and many other states.” ...

On the third Monday of January every year, the federal government closes up shop for a day to honor civil rights hero Martin Luther King ... and who is African American,” Honey said.

when we see African-American art(s) in the institutions around us, we can often trace such programming back to a 1968 moment. For more coverage on the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. shortly after his release from Reidsville Penitentiary, Georgia, 1960. King was arrested during a student-led protest at an Atlanta department store. He and the arrested ...