Park residents and officials gathered today to dedicate Unity Corner, a new Martin Luther King Jr. Park addition.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Bernice King, entered the debate between NFL quarterback and ex-ESPN host Robert Griffin ...

Guidry grew up in Texas and graduated from Clark Atlanta University, Yale Divinity School and has a Ph.D. from ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born on May 25, 2008. Here’s everything to know about MLK’s granddaughter.

For 15 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death activists rallied to make MLK Day a federal holiday. Here's how it happened.

Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? A civil rights legend, Dr. King fought for justice through peaceful protest—and delivered some of the 20th century's most iconic speeches.

"Martin Luther King" was not his given name. What was it originally — and why did his father change it?

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece has said he was a Republican, but the civil-rights leader's party affiliation remains a mystery to scholars.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed yearly on the third Monday in January, but the push to make a federal holiday honoring him was controversial.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born 90 years ago, on Jan. 15, 1929. But the name on his original birth certificate was not Martin.

Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., spent more than 30 years resisting her father’s teachings. “Initially, I rejected him. What I mean by that is, I spent time in my ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago on April 4, 1968, setting off a period of mourning, reflection and anger that gripped America.