A Denver pastor who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... instilled a love of poetry and speechmaking in him. He was one of the founding members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. means many things to ... Smiley, now 86, became more involved in church activities under King's leadership. He formed clubs in which church members organized ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther ... in 1964, King earned the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts towards achieving equality. In 1968, King and other Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...

Martin Luther King Jr. has ... inclusion and executive leadership. The changing-of-the-balcony-wreath is set for 6:01 p.m. — the time, approximately, when King was shot.

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final days protesting the hazardous work conditions suffered by black sanitation workers in Memphis.

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...