President Trump has announced plans to release classified documents on high-profile assassinations, including that of ...

In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned what many consider “one of the greatest documents ever written by an American.” King came across an article ...

Thousands of people took to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to take in history and reflect on the past.

Andrew Young shares how Martin Luther King Jr. sent him to Birmingham, Alabama a month before protests to build connections with white and Black communities.

A rally for freedom and democracy was held in Birmingham to honor the legacy and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Video above: WVTM 13 archival footage of Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma ...

The prison bench where Martin Luther King Jr. penned one of his best-known ... from which the civil rights leader wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" will be included in the museum's upcoming ...

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968 ... plan' outside the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama, February 1963. Standing behind Luther King ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a ... In response, King wrote a letter from Birmingham City Jail, noting, “I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging ...

A fraternity chapter in Birmingham is looking to distribute coats and socks to the city’s homeless on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as freezing temperatures are expected Monday. “Dr. King’s ...

In recent years in Memphis, recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday has emphasized public service over public pageantry. In 1967 in Birmingham, King said: "Life's most ...

That sentiment from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is as pertinent today as it was when he penned it 61 years ago. While many advances toward racial equity ...