The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

The house was badly damaged by a fire two years ago. The restoration work to turn it into a museum is expected to be completed by 2026.

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work ...

But preserving the Martin Luther King Jr. Tree of Life hasn’t always been easy. The original tree at the Oklahoma State Capitol Park was planted in the '80s, but it was vandalized multiple times ...

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a hero, but he was not a saint or a symbol. So writes Jonathan Eig, one of the country’s most ...

That includes one tree on our state Capitol grounds. But preserving the Martin Luther King Jr. Tree of Life hasn’t always been easy. The original tree at the Oklahoma State Capitol Park was ...