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Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association on ...
Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.
The Movement. The Moment," and the theme ... garnering the attention of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On March 9, word came that King was coming to Memphis at the urging of ...
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
One speaker, Frank Smith, Jr., is the founding director of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years ... "to chronicle the American civil rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights," and to "educate and serve ...
The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...
Sixty-four years ago today, a crowd of eager students piled into Thompson Chapel for regular Sunday Services. Curious ...
Martin Luther ... and other King acolytes, the motel was partially preserved and incorporated into the museum, which opened in 1991, "to chronicle the American civil rights movement and tell ...