Martin Luther King, Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to achieving racial justice through non-violent ...

They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most iconic ...

The long-sealed files related to the FBI’s yearslong surveillance of civil rights icon Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were released Monday by the Trump administration. Before that, the more than ...

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in ...

Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther King Jr. — but his parents stopped him. While discussing his newly released ...

The nation pauses to celebrate what would have been Rev. King's 91st birthday. As the country observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, the civil rights icon's daughter is challenging people to ...

Long before his music career, Lionel Richie was a child in the segregated South. Now, in his new memoir, he reflects on how being shielded from the civil rights movement still shaped who he became.

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