Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the ...

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream ...

In a joint statement, Martin Luther King III and Bernice King ... Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the ...

AFP PHOTO/FILES (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: FILES-BIO-MARTIN LUTHER KING-MARCH ON WASHINGTON The Baptist minister first came to national prominence during the 1955 ...

Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year ... but Tennessee authorities refused to reopen the case, according to biography.com and Stanford. The Lorraine Motel is located in Memphis ...

Previous Coverage: Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day prayer service held in Monroe — Monroe ... She is currently writing a biography of 20th-century civil rights leader James Farmer.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage, hope, and determined commitment to end segregation is why he’s one of the most influential figures of all time. There are plenty of movies to watch on Martin Luther ...

The sun gave a hug of warmth on Saturday morning as locals marched from Yuba City to Marysville to celebrate Martin Luther ...

(THE CONVERSATION) David Garrow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King Jr., has unearthed ... Garrow had outlined several of King’s marital infelicities in his 1986 biography of ...