Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelSign up for our NewslettersThat includes one tree on our state Capitol grounds. But preserving the Martin Luther King Jr. Tree of Life hasn’t always been easy.The ...

For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at Western Michigan University was lost. Then in 1997, it was ...

Civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95 Lawson was an apostle of nonviolent protest — and close adviser to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — who schooled activists to withstand brutal ...

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate.