Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X after Press Conference at U.S. Capitol about Senate Debate on Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington, D.C. Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report ...

Taylor Branch, author of "On Canaan's Edge", the final installment of his three-volume biography of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses the civil rights leaders life and legacy. Beginning in Selma ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was born 90 years ago, on Jan. 15, 1929. ... On his 90th birthday, a look at the civil rights leader’s childhood name change. Share this: ...

King:A Life, the new biography by Jonathan Eig, provides a fresh perspective into the life of one of America's most important activists. From his upbringing in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to biographer Jonathan Eig about King a Life . "One of the interesting things about King is that he's a protest leader who really does not like conflict," Eig says.

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography 'King: A Life,' spoke on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s 'Book of the Day' podcast about Martin Luther King Jr., and noted that MLK didn’t have plans to become ...

AP. FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963.

In a deal that was more of a decade in the making, the library acquired The Call’s photography archive, which contains ...

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece has said he was a Republican, but the civil-rights leader's party affiliation remains a mystery to scholars. "I’m not concerned about telling you what party to ...

Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leads a silent memorial march in her husband's memory, April 8, 1968, following his assassination in Memphis, Tenn. Richard L. Copley ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, Jan. 15 — and this year, the federal holiday falls on the actual birthday of the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated ...

April 3, 1968: Less than 24 hours before he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “mountaintop” speech to a rally of striking ...