Source material: Levi Strauss & Co.; illustration ... Black activists donned jeans and overalls to show that racial caste and black poverty were problems worth addressing. “It took Martin Luther ...

The page’s profile picture was a grotesque illustration of the black slave Tituba ... his class research project on plagiarism in Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches and saying that his hero ...

Martin Luther King Jr. came to Young's hometown of ... "We didn't close the ferry because they were black," Sheriff Lummie Jenkins reportedly said at the time. "We closed it because they forgot ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated ... history when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. King would go on to enter the field of activism and fight ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a ...

The three of us will cross that same bridge this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. With the hindsight ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical drama Selma.