A year later, in the spring of 1965, King sent out a call to white college students from the North like me and others at ...

So, we set out confidently to make our nascent plan a reality. About 1,000 miles away, in Selma, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting rights march to the ...

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.

This Sunday leaders from throughout Alabama and the entire country will commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Selma to ...

Alongside Martin Luther King in that pivotal moment for civil rights marched Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas Iakovos.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Montgomery County is the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement where, even behind bars, history has been made. That includes ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

"I thought about that a lot," Eig says of the decisions he chose to make about how to portray King. "The smartest thing I did was also the simplest: 'I'm going to make Martin Luther King seem like ...