Some reflected, some shared quotes and some simply thanked the historical icon. The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, also shared a few photos with ESSENCE.com readers of Dr. Martin Luther King ...

There is a long history of Juneteenth, including the Juneteenth flag, but to sum things up: Juneteenth celebrates the ...

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of Anthony Walker's murder, the ECHO was invited to spend an afternoon with the foundation's ...

The book concludes with King’s famous “Mountaintop Speech” in Memphis, the night before his assassination: “And I’ve looked ...

As the president wages a war on DEI and threatens to roll back other civil rights efforts, the King family is continuing the Nobel laureate's mission.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass misspoke Monday when she said of the rioters in her city that “people should exercise their right to protest; that’s their First ...

Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. Discover how their relationship, rooted in respect and commitment, strengthened ...

Martin Luther King III called for a compassionate approach rooted in justice and nonviolence ahead of Atlanta's immigration rights protests on Tuesday night.

When news broke that Donald Trump had been the target of an assassination attempt at a campaign rally last summer, Martin Luther King Jr.'s son was among the voices that decried the violence.

A Denver pastor who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement passed away this week.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...