Even an activist as legendary as Martin Luther King Jr. needed someone to help him up sometimes, and that was never more true than when King was stabbed in the chest with a letter opener at a 1958 book signing in Harlem.

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

Meagan Good compared her relationship with Jonathan Majors to that of Martin Luther King Jr.'s romance with Coretta Scott King as she appeared on ‘The Breakfast Club’ on Jan. 17. The actor has previously compared himself and Good to MLK Jr.

Coretta once said that while Martin had to be serious in public, he was a playful, humorous family man. See glimpses of that in these heartwarming images.

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New York City has announced changes to trash collection and alternate side parking. The Department of Sanitation is suspending trash, curbside composting,

Many events are scheduled in the Milwaukee area today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring the civil rights icon.

Activism / Most Americans voted for someone else in 2024, but as New York City’s public advocate said, “We’re going to have to stand together to get through this.” Mark Hertsgaard Last Saturday’s anti-Trump People’s March in New York City concluded with a rally in Washington Square Park in the heart of Greenwich Village.

But in revoking President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 Executive Order 11246 that launched our decades-long imposition of de facto racial quotas under the euphemism “affirmative action,” Trump has gone beyond the boldest imagination of any previous administration.

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring."

Barry Michael Cooper, the esteemed journalist-turned-screenwriter who helped define an era of Black cinema, has sadly passed away at the age of 66. His cause of death has not been disclosed. According to TMZ,

Reverend Al Sharpton held an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. during the inauguration, voicing caution about Trump's administration.