MLK Day events across New York City were overshadowed Monday by the absence of Mayor Eric Adams, who decided overnight to ...

In September 1958, while promoting his first book at a Harlem, New York, bookstore Martin Luther King Jr was stabbed in the chest by a woman with a letter opener. The woman, a housekeeper named Izola ...

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

Bettmann Archive Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – This diverse artistic showcase celebrates a message of freedom, equality, justice and love. The “Reflections of the Words of Martin Luther King Jr.” exhibition is on display through ...

Meagan Good compared her relationship with Jonathan Majors to that of Martin Luther King Jr.'s romance with Coretta Scott ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Communities across the nation celebrated the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on ...

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.

In Harlem, New York, while signing copies of his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom,” Izola Ware Curry stabbed King with a ...

It's an easy decision, for me. Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors service, not self-gratification.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events include story times, speakers and fundraising events in Milwaukee and its suburbs.