Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech in Montgomery, Alabama known as Our God is Marching on.

An Alabama county has passed a resolution to preserve a jail cell where civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is believed to have been held months before he was assassinated in 1968.

DJ Spooky and Alabama A&M choir join in King celebration. ... Martin Luther King, Jr.: An artful and modern tribute from the Alabama Symphony. Updated: Jan. 18, 2010, 1:33 a.m.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY: 5 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS HERO "There was a synergy going on in that house during those critical times," Jawana Jackson said.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter helped unveil a historical marker on Tuesday in the Alabama city where he penned his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail ...

Professor Warren Goldstein showed slides as he lectured to a class at the University of Hartford about the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s time in Birmingham, Alabama, and the civil rights ...

Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that jointly celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. If a Birmingham lawmaker has his way, this practice ...

Alabama and Mississippi recognize both King and Lee on the ... President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s son is calling on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution of Nathaniel Woods, who was convicted in 2005 of the shooting deaths of three police officers.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech in Montgomery, Alabama known as Our God is Marching on.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910.

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...