How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s
Turner Classic Movies honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. ’s legacy all day on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday January 20) with 24 hours’ worth of films dealing with racism and the fight for racial justice. Here’s a breakdown of TCM’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day schedule and what to expect in these powerful stories.
A morning march from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church to Hance Park kicked off daylong activities in Phoenix. Residents, community leaders and elected officials joined the two mile walk, including Gov. Katie Hobbs. During last Friday’s annual MLK awards breakfast, she noted the holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration.
Mesa celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a parade and festival under this year's theme, "Building Bridges: Cultivating Our Community."
Monday was only the second time in history the presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. Day have fallen on the same day.
The resonance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech, delivered on the eve of his assassination in Memphis, reverberates through
A moment with his boys reminds our columnist of how Dr. King was passed down to him. “I can remember a particularly cold Atlanta morning as a preteen, when some of my friends from church and I hopped on a bus from Augusta and took the two-hour drive,
As the inauguration and MLK Day converged, Trump’s nod to the civil rights leader was smothered in a speech of grievance.
Three years after I wrote a column on this holiday calling for us to honor MLK by stopping the shooting and killing of each other, it's worse.
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.
Several Memphis Grizzlies players have been introduced to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in different ways through their varied upbringings.