Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage, hope, and determined commitment to end segregation is why he’s one of the most influential ...

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

It was first proposed four days after King’s 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a ...