Originally released on home video, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective follows a more traditional approach ...

Few individuals have left an indelible mark on history as Martin Luther King Jr. did. A towering figure ... and act from a place of compassion. 7. "Life’s most persistent and urgent question ...

Students, religious leaders and local officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil-rights activist who helped end segregation in the US. Martin wasn't his given name — he was born Michael King Jr., after his father. On top of receiving two ...

I'm not letting you stay here in this kind of risk your life in this danger,’” Eig said. “It was very difficult for Martin Luther King Jr. to stand up to his father. He struggled with that ...

In his Christmas Sermon of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become ... Jonathan Eig, author of the biography King: A Life, spoke about the late leader, and noted that he didn’t have plans to become ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the ...