The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.

More than 5,000 people gathered at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 5, 1966, to hear the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak about racial justice and integration. Much of what he said then ...

NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961. On this Martin Luther King holiday, somebody is going to play you a clip ...

Monday, Jan. 19, isn't just a day off school and work — it's an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While the University of Delaware offices are ...

On Monday, Jan. 19, Americans honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,, a civil rights icon who devoted his life to ending racism and segregation through nonviolence before he was ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrated annually the third Monday in January, falls on Jan. 19 this year. The influential Baptist minister and American civil rights leader is most well-known for his ...

Community leaders and residents gathered in Daytona Beach to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. People had breakfast while listening to speakers at the Julia T. and Charles W. Cherry, Sr.