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Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma.
On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...
Annapolis officials and civil rights leaders are expected to unveil a memorial to Parren J. Mitchell, Maryland’s first ...
Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for ...
Located on the northwest rim of the Tidal Basin, this 30-foot granite memorial pays homage to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everything from its address at 1964 Independence Ave.
A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...
Following the death of Pope Francis, more than 130 cardinal electors will choose the next pope during a conclave. Do any have Georgia ties?