On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

According to our reporting partners at The South Bend Tribune, a large mural is being planned for the west side of the ...

The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has opposed the decision to release the documents before they have a chance to ...

The Trump administration will release files on 1968 assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., Tulsi ...

National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin ...

Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.

The community’s against being erased, overshadowed, and given a check that’s going to bounce,” said Henry McKoy, the director ...

Party in the Park will return to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park for its 28 th year on Thursday, July 10th. The concert ...

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, which is now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.

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 ...

Dublin is honoring their connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this weekend with their "One Day" civil rights experience ...