Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta native who became one of ... we’ve compiled a few intriguing facts that might pique your interest in finding out more about the man who helped unite a divided ...

These 30+ facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. help us learn more about this incredible ... and he lived there for the first twelve years of his life. 2. Dr. King's father traveled to Germany ...

One of the facts ... home, King changed his and his son’s names to Martin Luther. Still, some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest relatives continued to call him Mike throughout his life.

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work ...

Michael King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His father, Michael King Sr, and mother, Alberta King, grew up involved in the church. Alberta’s father was a minister and Michael Sr ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Martin Luther King Jr ... a long life because of keeping up with his movement. But like Congressman John Lewis said in the doc, Dr. King taught us how to live and how to die. Each personal ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

But preserving the Martin Luther King Jr. Tree of Life hasn’t always been easy. The original tree at the Oklahoma State Capitol Park was planted in the '80s, but it was vandalized multiple times ...