These and other contemporary economic challenges were prophetically championed by Dr. King. Finish story here; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call for Economic Justice: A 2025 Reflection.

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 ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 440 federal properties it had identified to potentially ...

President Donald Trump pledged to release the records on three of the country's most high-profile assassinations along with ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Mayor Shari Cantor called the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. “one of the most magnificent human ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks ... “That America has never given itself to a full commitment to racial justice and racial equity. There is always one or two ...

It felt like church, because it was. The celebration of life for fallen Hinds County Deputy Martin Shields, Jr. brought ...