On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

From Scraps to LetterMartin Luther King Jr. penned his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail in 1963. Sign up for our ...

Explore Dr. King's most radical, powerful quotes on justice, nonviolence, and truth-telling on the anniversary of his death.

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...

Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington for ... seem all too eager to strip the word justice from every federal agency’s mission. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” reminds the ...

To honor the 57th anniversary of his death month, take a closer look at the life of one of the most famous men in history.

The annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day invites Americans to reflect on a transformative figure whose vision ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless ...