Quoting Martin Luther King, he wrote, “A person who doesn’t stand for something will fall for anything,” emphasizing the boycott’s historic potential.

1. Martin Luther King Jr. Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and theologian who became the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement. His ideology was rooted ...

Bristol Bus Boycott: Campaign launches to bring Martin Luther King III to city on 60th anniversary of Race Relations Act 'Here we are in a better world because of those who joined the fight but we ...

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.

Martin Luther King Jr (left) discusses the Montgomery bus boycott with other organizers, including Rev. Ralph Abernathy (second from left) and Rosa Parks (third from left), January 27, 1956, in ...

In April, Bristol Bus Boycott 360 will launch a national ‘Designs4Change’ competition, inviting creatives across the UK to submit artwork inspired by the boycott. Winning designs will be displayed ...

One of the most historic boycotts was led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, when Black people stopped riding the buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy is a constant reminder that the struggle for racial equality and human dignity is far from over, but it is a fight that must be fought every day.

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

Martin Luther King III, the late civil rights leader's son and a longtime activist himself, spoke with CBS News the morning of President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration, touching on how ...

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography 'King: A Life,' spoke on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s 'Book of the Day' podcast about Martin Luther King Jr., and noted that MLK didn’t have plans to become ...

When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This year, that day is Jan. 20.