PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and draw inspiration from American civil rights leader ...

The release of thousands of files on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. can’t tarnish the civil rights leader’s legacy, ...

Elizabeth Catlett, "Bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.," (1990), bronze with a green patina on a black marble plinth base; 18 x 13 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (!45.7 x 34 x 29 cm) (© Catlett Mora Family ...

Eig said that when King Jr. rose to prominence as a civil rights leader, his father disapproved of the decision, out of that sense of protectiveness. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, left, speaks to thousands during his ″I Have a Dream″ speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for ...

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

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

After adopting the name, the reverend also changed his son’s name from Michael King Jr. to Martin Luther King Jr. The future rights leader was just five years old at the time. By the 1960s, in ...

Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leads a silent memorial march in her husband's memory, April 8, 1968, following his assassination in Memphis, Tenn.

A Florida city recently unveiled its new Martin Luther King Jr. statue, with some community members calling for a do-over.