The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., pictured in 2018, uses the likeness of and a quote from King — and its founders had to paid King's estate about ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s only grandchild was among those who gathered on the National Mall Saturday to honor the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a prominent moment in the Civil Rights ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January to mark the late activist’s birthday. In 2025, the holiday falls on January 20, the same day typically set aside ...

Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech on Aug. 28, 1963. AFP/Getty ...

Martin Luther King III holds his daughter, Yolanda Renee King, during a wreath laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Monument on Sunday, January 20, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

Jan. 20 marks an unlikely pairing: President-elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration and the nation’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Trump’s rhetoric contrasts sharply with King’s ...

— Martin Luther King Jr., Address in Washington D.C. “If we will but make the right choice, we will be able to speed up the ...

This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and ...

Updates on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ... (1963), the March on Washington (1963) and the Selma voting rights movement in 1965. King was assassinated on March 29, 1968 in Memphis, ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements and political changes.