He cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly after his home and church were bombed, and he became its ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town. King was in town to attend the National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress. Dr. O. Clay Maxwell, a New York pastor, was elected president of the ...

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...

The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black History Month, officially designated as February. On April 4, 1968, ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered ... to spread its goals across the US, arguing that King and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference were “made to order” for the Communist ...

Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go ... In 1957, he was elected the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King was one of the driving forces behind ...

For nearly a century, civil rights activist Xernona Clayton has dedicated her life to serving her community. Clayton, 95, ...