Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott King.

King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Johnson, called for a national day of mourning. At his funeral, King's old friend Benjamin Mays delivered the eulogy: "Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a united America. He believed that the ...

AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, this blog will ... In each case, he went on to state the potential result: The lesson for your ...

States slowly added the day to their roster of state holidays. Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee.

It’s easy to oversimplify the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to ascribe to him narrow goals ... here in South Carolina on 10 occasions. The Palmetto State was not King’s front line in his ...