It’s no wonder, then, that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has entered the American pantheon for what he achieved in just 13 years on the public stage. But he’d likely be dismayed, too, and ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech to a huge crowd ... The United States has seen an African-American serve two terms as president — something King likely thought even ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who helped lead the fight for racial equality in the United States. His most famous work is his “I Have a Dream” speech ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

President Barack Obama (right) and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, with National Park Service National Mall Superintendent Karen Laura Cucurullo in ...

Monday’s holiday marked what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking before 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights ... More marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building. On March 25, 1965.

As the United States commemorates the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, here are a few things to know about the holiday honoring the slain activist and his fight against inequality and racial ...

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece has said he was a Republican, but the civil-rights leader's party affiliation remains a mystery to scholars. "I’m not concerned about telling you what party to ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who helped lead the fight for racial equality in the United States. His most famous work is his “I Have a Dream” speech ...

-- Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail ... President George W. Bush's most recent appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, ...