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In this March 17, 1963, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, sit with three of their four children in their Atlanta, Georgia, home.
In honor of his life of activism, take a look back at his life in photos. Martin Luther King Jr. (l.) and Ralph Abernathy on the first desegregated bus in Montgomery, Ala. on Dec. 21, 1956.
The life of Martin Luther King is one of the most famous in American history. But in that life, one thing is easy to overlook - how young he was. King became a nationally known civil rights leader ...
Martin Luther King was just 26 years old when he led his first political protest—the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. The Baptist Minister would go on to work tirelessly for civil rights ...
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 ...
From his upbringing in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood to his path through university and the frontlines of the Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s career and impact is ...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made history as a defining leader of the Civil Rights movement who preached a message of nonviolent resistance. His hand in organizing a number of significant protests ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- "King: A Life," the new biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was on virtually everyone's top 10 list of 2023 – including the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and Time ...
B efore Martin Luther King Jr. led marches, gave speeches, and peacefully fought to change the world, he was just a kid navigating life in the segregated South. His early years were a mix of love ...
In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...
Martin Luther King gave his life fighting the same forces stirred by Trump January 15, 2021 Rioters wave American and Confederate flags during clashes at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6.
MLK's driver on a mission to keep "the dream" alive 02:02. ATLANTA -- For many, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is a day of public service.Someone who knew Dr. King very well has made it his mission ...
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