The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.” By Jennifer Schuessler Jonathan ...

Bernice King referenced her father’s observation, “We must learn to live together as brothers or will all perish together as ...

President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in preserving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and neighborhood by designating it as a national historic site, now a national park. Carter's close ...

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change their ...

The partial shutdown of the federal government has led to the closure of one of Atlanta’s most significant civil rights landmarks — the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park — leaving ...

Maurice DuBois is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in New York, the flagship evening broadcast on CBS News. He brings more than three decades of experience to ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1927: The Harlem Globetrotters played ...

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual ...

DURING THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE’RE SHOWCASING A MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFERING A UNIQUE CURRICULUM. DOCTOR MTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SCHOOL IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IMMERSION SCHOOL IN CYREIA ...

The government shutdown has shuttered Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. The partial shutdown of the federal government has led to the closure of one of Atlanta’s most ...