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 ...

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

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

Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta native who became one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement, helped ...

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 ...

Coretta once said that while Martin had to be serious in public, he was a playful, humorous family man. See glimpses of that ...

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.

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