He died in 1940. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said of Garvey: “He was the first man, on a mass scale and level" to give millions of Black people "a sense of dignity and destiny.” ...

Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Photo by Savion Washington/Getty ImagesA documentary is in the works about the role Stevie Wonder played in helping to make ...

A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.

Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, ...

President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.

A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination should be released before 2027. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...

But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”</p><p>With these words, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. built a crescendo to his final speech on April 3, 1968.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Every year on January 16, the nation celebrates the life, legacy and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Although the holiday is observed every third Monday of January, Dr ...