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Alveda King, niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., states that her uncle would have opposed profiting from hate, criticizing the SPLC for fueling division and citing a federal indictment alleging payments to individuals linked to White supremacist groups.
A Masonic lodge that served as a base for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s activism, previously considered endangered, is set to open to visitors, preserving a significant historical site.
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shocked the American public in 1977 when he successfully escaped from a high-security prison in Tennessee.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for president of the United States, died on Tuesday. He was 84. In a statement via BBC News, Jackso
First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace and nonviolent social change.