It is our fate — largely our own doing — to live at a time when the arc is going backward. Backward, perhaps, to the Gilded ...

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

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...

Explore Dr. King's most radical, powerful quotes on justice, nonviolence, and truth-telling on the anniversary of his death.

Paradoxically, a right-wing court decision helped bring universities back full circle to the economic approach to affirmative action backed by Martin Luther King Jr. and William O. Douglas.

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Friday marked the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon spent time in Chicago fighting for racial and economic equality for ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless advocate for equality and is best known for his message of peaceful ...