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 ...

President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech on Aug. 28, 1963. AFP/Getty ...

Martin Luther King III on Trump's inauguration 05:59. Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

Joseph Louw, a photographer on assignment for THIRTEEN, was on the scene. In 1968, THIRTEEN's Public Broadcast Laboratory series set out to document Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and sent its camera ...

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 ...

In some ways it’s a sick irony – the juxtaposition of Trump being inaugurated on Monday, the same day we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. King was a champion for civil and human rights.