Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

That began to change on Dec. 1, 1955 — 70 years ago next December — when one woman on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus decided she ... a 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. — a newcomer to the ...

“Martin Luther King, Jr. was not looking to become a leader. He was looking to get his church in shape and perhaps move on to a bigger church or to a job as a college professor. But when the ...

There’s an adage that goes: “The best part of the meal is the company.” And those words were never more true than in June 1958 when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town.

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? The Baptist minister first came to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. King would go on to become one of the most prominent figures ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.

CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Monday is a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The American minister and ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of the most influential and recognizable figures in American history. His rise ...

Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled extensively in the fight for civil rights and several Florida stops were integral to his dream.

The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than ... to national prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. King would go on to become one of the most ...