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 ...

A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest daughter ...

ATLANTA — A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former church in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest ...

A similar email was reportedly sent to King’s daughter, Bernice King, CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, imploring her to address this expeditiously in ...

Multiple parades are planned in Atlanta to celebrate MLK Day. Atlanta is home to The King Center, a historical landmark which was established by Coretta Scott King in 1968 to preserve her husband ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent his life advocating for ... Blank Foundation, Emory University and the Atlanta Municipal Court. Inspired by King’s idea of a “Beloved Community ...

Jackson was elected in 1973. King’s Atlanta has had a Black mayor ever since, including former MLK lieutenant Andrew Young, who helped secretly spirit Ali into Atlanta to light the Olympic ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” to open a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from ...

Her visit was part of the day of service the Atlanta-based school has on the holiday. “Helping out makes my heart very, very full,” she said. In frigid Columbia, South Carolina, an MLK Day ...

ATLANTA — A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his ...

A marcher holds up a sign at a march and rally at the South Carolina Statehouse to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins ...