A statue was unveiled Wednesday at a church in Compton, commemorating a special moment in 1961 when late Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn welcomed civil rights leader Martin Luther King ...

50,000 gather for commemoration of 30-foot statue on National Mall President Obama says Dr King 'stirred our conscience' and made our Union 'more perfect' Credits the civil rights leader with ...

Oct. 15—Like Martin Luther King Jr., Rose Mayes also had a dream. Her dream was for Riverside, her adopted city, to erect a statue of MLK. That happened in 1999, after some seven years of ...

A nationwide database of stolen scrap metals may have assisted in the recovery of some of the bronze stolen from the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Denver last week. Jim Hooley is at the statue ...

There, MLK penned his famously stirring letter defending African-American resistance. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy led a march through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama.

However, some reviewers wished there was more information on King's life, legacy and commitment to nonviolence around the statue. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a ...

The pedestal is inscribed with quotes from the New Testament, Pope John Paul II and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “The Angel ... construction equipment. The statue had been knocked off its ...

Martin Luther King III at the DNC on Thursday. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Martin Luther King III used the philosophy of his father to express his support for Vice President Kamala Harris ...

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 ...

The son of Martin Luther King Jr. has blasted North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson over his alleged “grotesque characterization” of his father. Martin Luther King III spoke ...

his family confirmed in a statement. MLK’s original message seems to be lost on current social-justice warriors, his former speechwriter Clarence Jones believes. A reflection on Martin Luther ...

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Speech given at the National ...