John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in Troy, Alabama, in 1940. He would listen to the broadcasts of Martin Luther King Jr. as a boy during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and, in 1960, took part in ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless advocate for equality and is best known for his message of peaceful ...

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...

The Justice Department has asked a federal court to release FBI surveillance records of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., two years before their scheduled unsealing, a request opposed by the civil ...