A Bristol social justice organisation is campaigning to bring US activist Martin Luther King III to the city as part of celebrations marking 60 years since the establishment of the Race Relations Act.

Civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Jr. was known for his leading role in the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, the 1963 March on Washington and many other nonviolent protests for ...

Businesses in Bristol are being urged to get involved in a campaign to bring Martin Luther King III to the city as part of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Race Relations Act.

MARTA has unveiled a commemorative bus honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, in partnership with The King Center, ahead of the 2025 King holiday. The bus design reflects the ...

Montgomerians marked the anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Monday with several events, including a ribbon cutting for the Holt Street Baptist Church Historical Museum.

“Martin Luther King, Jr. was not looking to become a leader. He was looking to get his church in shape and perhaps move on to a bigger church or to a job as a college professor.

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Martin Luther King Jr. stands in front of a bus on December 26, 1956, after the successful conclusion of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which integrated the city’s public transit.© Getty Images ...

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? The Baptist minister first came to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama.

The organisation is also behind Bristol Bus Boycott 360 - a three-year programme of storytelling, art and education promoting racial and social equity.