Teng is among the 22 kids chosen to receive the Inspirational Message of Peace Award. To commemorate their victories, she and ...

ATLANTA - Fifty-seven years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee — a moment that shocked the world and ...

Note: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth home is also on-site, but it is closed through November 2025 for refurbishment. Most agree a trip to Atlanta must include time spent at this historical park.

The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. When did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a holiday? Days after King's assassination, legislation was drafted to have Martin Luther King Jr ...

1968 at just 39 years old Bettmann Archive/Getty To many of us, Martin Luther King Jr. was a mega-force for ... Martin III and Dexter — at their home in Atlanta. The Civil Rights leader is ...