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Ahead of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Martin Luther King III participated in a day of service at Food & Friends in Northeast Washington, D.C. He is the eldest son of the civil rights icon ...
Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.
Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King talked about the 2024 presidential election and work that the pair is doing to continue a famed family's civil rights legacy, in an with USA TODAY in ...
A temple remembrance was held Wednesday, May 28, to look back on what Clayborn Temple means to the city's past and what role it will play in the future.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, appearing in a Chicago news conference with Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam, suggests a halt in the bombing of Vietnam on May 31, 1966.
Jan. 15, 1929 to April 4, 1968 “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Martin Luther King III will join Memphis Mayor Paul Young and the director of Historic Clayborn Temple on Wednesday as they reimagine the future of the building after a ...
Judge Considers Early Release of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Documents The materials are scheduled to be unsealed in 2027, but President Trump signed an executive order in January aimed ...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader ...
In a declaration to the court, Martin Luther King III, King’s oldest son, called the surveillance part of a “shameful and dark chapter” in U.S. history and said, ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks Oct. 10, 1961, in Albany, N.Y. At the urging of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, King would return to the Capital Region on Oct. 9, 1961, ...