The call for nonviolent resistance can inspire hope, especially amidst ongoing social injustices, through Martin Luther King Jr.'s reflections on love and collective action for equality.

In the fight for racial equality, many people in Georgia stepped forward. Leaders like John Lewis, Hosea Williams, Ralph ...

For a limited time, visitors can step inside the building on Auburn Avenue that played a key role in how the civil rights ...

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke with TODAY in 1966 about the role of the clergy in the civil rights movement, as well as what it ...

In March of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to lead a group of striking sanitation workers in peaceful protest amid threats against his life. The threats were real. Martin ...

Snow, rain or shine, a group gathered honor the life and legacy of the Civil Rights leader who left his mark on history.

Learn about MLK's family life, his role in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech before he was assassinated in 1968.

Initially scornful of King and his strategies, Malcolm later began to recognize the worth of — and even began tentative participation in — the movement.

Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights ...

The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 was awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population" ...