Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

Montgomery County is the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement where, even behind bars, history has been made. That includes mugshots of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others still being ...

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — If you look closely, you can see a twinkle in her eye. The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa ...

Rosa Parks famously refused to move to the back of the bus, launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But here's what you probably didn't know.

Darcangelo, a Fitchburg resident and minister of the First Church of Lancaster, Unitarian Universalist, was on a mission to get state recognition for his hero, the late Rosa Parks.

Idahoans gathered at the Capitol for Human Rights Day to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. through performances, dancing and speeches.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s determination to publicize and change the fact that underserved and marginalized communities disproportionately experience environmental dangers remains unfinished today.

A congressman appeared to compare Donald Trump to Rosa Parks as he praised the 47th US president at a luncheon following his inauguration on Monday, 20 January. House majority leader Steve Scalise ...

Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.

MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, co-authored the book "What is My Legacy?" with activists and contributors, including Julia Roberts.

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel, but took 15 years to become a federal holiday.

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, communities across the Bay Area are celebrating the life of the civil rights leader. If he were still living, Dr. King would have been 95.