Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length ...

The challenges facing our nation are significant, and the solutions require collaboration, empathy and an unwavering commitment to justice.

In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do -- he stepped away. He ...

A conservative social media influencer sparked outrage last week after spreading a ridiculous conspiracy theory on TikTok, ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change their ...

When Martin Luther King Jr.‘s birthday and holiday roll around ... Such recollections were shared in a story done by writer Jeff Sharlet, who profiled the late Harry Belafonte, a good friend ...

and the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is Chairman of the Board of the Drum Major Institute, the author of "What is My Legacy?" and cohost of the My Legacy podcast alongside his wife ...

The Air Force will not use official resources to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, in addition to other cultural ...

learned the history of Protestant reformer Martin Luther. “[King Sr.’s] mother insisted that she named him Michael, after the archangel Michael,” said King scholar Patrick Parr, author of ...