Lerone Martin’s new book offers fascinating insight into the civil rights icon’s younger years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From preschool primers to Martin Luther King Jr.’s essential speeches, these books confirm his eternal relevance. January 15, 2024 ...

Seventy-seven years ago this month, a 19-year-old Black student graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He was an “ordinary student,” as one friend described ...

In this new age of artificial intelligence, social media and news that is no longer fact-checked for its veracity, there’s something to be said about sitting quietly with a good book. As the nation ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The 15-year-old granddaughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is collaborating on a picture book tribute to the late civil rights leader and his wife, Coretta Scott King. Yolanda ...

(RNS) — Scholar Lerone Martin reveals little-known pieces of history in ‘Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.’ ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago author Jonathan Eig was awarded a 2024 Pulitzer Prize at Columbia University in New York City Monday. He was honored with the award for his biography of Dr. Martin Luther King ...

How John Lewis and Coretta Scott King embodied the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy while each creating their own. From “Fighting With Love.”Credit...James E. Ransome Supported by By Abby ...

It was the summer of 1966. I completed my first year at Bethany Theological Seminary in affluent Oak Brook, Illinois. My home for the summer was in a Black inner-city neighborhood on the West Side of ...

January 15, 2024: Today marks 95 years since the birth of civil rights icon, globally-recognized leader and American hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As many of us celebrate his life, it isn’t ...