On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

It’s about the South — about segregated buses and lunch counters, police dogs and fire hoses, courageous struggle and long overdue federal action with the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 ...

The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

Just like his son, MLK Sr.— who was born Michael King— was ... In his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” King wrote “sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application.” ...

National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard said more than 100 people have been working "around the clock" to scan the ...

On April 16, 1963, MLK wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy will soon be made public as more than 100 people have been ...