Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis. Later today, there will be a special ceremony in his honor at the MLK National Historical Park in Atlanta.

The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage Month.

To honor the 57th anniversary of his death month, take a closer look at the life of one of the most famous men in history.

The deep history of the Penn Center, a former school for enslaved West Africans, and its connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Scott King saw the deficit partly as a result of who was doing the telling. At one of the first conferences of King scholars, ...

If it’s one thing about Black folks, we know how to party! Another thing: While African American history and culture is ...

Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy will soon be made public as more than 100 people have been working “around the clock ...

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...

Martin Luther King Jr. came to Chicago to try to break through discrimination in housing, which left Black residents paying more in rent for worse conditions than white tenants. Martin Luther King ...

President Trump threatens to cut funding for historically Black colleges and universities, threatening their very existence and the futures of their students.

Also unclear is the fate of observances including Black history month. Would school librarians be prohibited from creating displays of women authors, or could a college pay for a banquet observing ...