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In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a letter opener between his heart and lung. He was taken to Harlem Hospital where his physician, Dr. Aubré D. Maynard, said, “If you had sneezed, your aorta would have been punctured and you would have drowned in your own blood.”

MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, co-authored the book "What is My Legacy?" with activists and contributors, including Julia Roberts.

As America remembers the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the head of the local chapter of social justice nonprofit NAACP says King’s message of equality and unity is more important than ever.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC), along with We Energies, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, have announced the student winners of the 41st Annual Dr.

From being a preacher in an Atlanta Baptist church to one of the most quoted Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey was heavily covered by The Tennessean.

By Jason Oliver Evans, University of Virginia Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law, many Americans have observed the federal holiday to commemorate the life and legacy of the civil rights leader,

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day every year allows companies, groups, individuals and diverse communities around the country to celebrate a man who not only challenged the reactionary forces of hate during the Civil Rights Movement but demanded that Black people be viewed as part of the tapestry of American life.

Discover the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the modern-day leaders carrying on his fight for social justice. Meet Shaquayah McKenzie, Jadayah S. Muhammad, and Rashad D. Staton.

Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey's mail fraud conviction in the 1920s was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride.