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 ...

During Black History Month, I reflected on the work of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work, especially his famous speeches and essential writings.

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

Montgomery County is the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement where, even behind bars, history has been made. That includes mugshots of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others still being ...

as shown when Martin Luther King Jr spoke of Gandhi as the guiding light of their technique of social change. King was one of the leaders of the famous Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956).

Martin Luther ... King. They moved to Montgomery after marrying and he became a minister and pivotal leader of the Civil Rights Movement. King became a prominent leader during the Montgomery Bus ...

We cannot and must not retreat to “fortress America” and with the illusion that we are safe between two oceans, nor can we ...

We are in the grip of deepening darkness, wandering in a wilderness without a moral compass. There is need for places where ...

The Montgomery Bus Boycott did start as a one-day boycott of city buses Dec. 5, 1955. But the organizer — the Montgomery ...

This was one of the great lessons learned by Martin Luther King Jr. and others in the ... Preparation for actions was essential. In the Montgomery bus boycott in the mid-1950s, which essentially ...