Martin Luther King was originally named Michael King before changing both his name and his son’s name. By. Kalyn Womack. Published. January 21, 2025.

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

Martin Luther King Jr's family offered their response to President Donald Trump's decision to release the secret FBI files pertaining to the civil rights' icon's assassination nearly 60 years ago ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.

In August as he ran for president a third time, Donald Trump compared his crowd size on Jan. 6, 2021 to the throngs who gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech. Instead of ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

B efore Martin Luther King Jr. led marches, gave speeches, and peacefully fought to change the world, he was just a kid ...

President Trump signed an executive order declassify any remaining files from Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. MLK was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was simply dad. As we observe what would have been his 96th birthday, look back ...

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