Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

Jonathan Eig, who wrote the acclaimed biography, ‘King ... being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ...

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood like? Discover how his early life and education shaped the Civil Rights leader we ...

A bronze statue to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston is being panned online for being ambiguous in appearance. What can Martin Luther King Jr. teach us today ...

That is why we have compiled some of the most powerful Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s quotes from his essays, letters, speeches and from The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.. We hope this ...

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

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 ...

Martin Luther King ... 1997 members of King’s family publicly supported Ray’s appeal for a new trial, but Tennessee authorities refused to reopen the case, according to biography.com and ...