The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson passed through and saw a slave auction in full swing. When King came in 1964 ...

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 ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Memories and reflections on Martin E. Marty, a scholar of remarkable influence, kindness, and wit, from a friend and ...

If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks of the second Trump Administration, King scholar Lerone A.

Coretta Scott King is often remembered as a devoted wife and mother, yet she was also a committed activist in her own right.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association Committee has been in communication with the city of Steubenville about putting up honoree signs. Following a unanimous voice vote ...

The world discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped cover the hospital bill for America’s Sweetheart herself – Julia Roberts. It sounds like something straight out ...

A few years ago, I got into an argument with a friend about religion. The question we tussled over: Would America be better ...

The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection along ... King preached unity, but confronted disintegration. His Southern Christian Leadership ...