King understood that achieving equality required addressing not only racial injustice but also the structural barriers to ...

Dozens braved the cold in Saginaw for Martin Luther King Junior Day, marching to celebrate King’s life and what he and others ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

A Life,' spoke on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s 'Book of the Day' podcast about Martin Luther King Jr., and noted that MLK didn’t ...

Texas officially recognized MLK Day in 1991. Today, it remains the only federal holiday designated as a national day of ...

While King had natural leadership qualities, it was his education that inspired me to return to a college career I had ...

"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power ...

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black ...

Every year around this time, I find myself reflecting on my father's dream for our country—a profound vision for justice, ...

She is currently writing a biography of 20th-century civil rights ... Attendees should meet on the south side of the Martin Luther King Jr. Pedestrian Bridge. "All are welcome to march peacefully ...

Spaulding Ave. on Martin Luther King Day. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Communities across Chicago have an array of events planned over the weekend to honor and celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther ...

Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Martin Luther King Jr. was a Chicagoan. He lived at 1550 S. Hamlin with his wife and their four children. Coretta Scott King remembered the apartment building as ...