“If we will but make the right choice, we will be able to speed up the day, all over America and all over the world, when ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, the news shocked the world. The day before, King gave his last speech, known today as the ...

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do the night before he was assassinated? Did he have a drink, pick up a girl, pray, cogitate, read, write, practice his next speech, hit the pillow early? Whatever ...

The setup: The 2009 London première of American playwright Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop made her the first black woman to receive the Olivier Award for Best New Play. The show moved to Broadway in ...

The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson (DR. Martin Luther King, Jr.,) and Angela Bassett, directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun), will open officially on October ...

Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration - "Lift Every Voice: Be Courageous, Seek Justice, Show Love" ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Black Theater Company is set to open “The Mountaintop” at the District Theater on Sept. 18. It’s a two-person play, offering an unconventional look at the final ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As the nation marks the 62nd anniversary of the largest gathering for civil rights in our country's history, Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" on the National Mall, we ...

Photographer Richard Copley recalls covering the sanitation workers' strike. Photographer Richard Copley recalls covering Martin Luther King, Jr. and the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis, ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 1956, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History In this photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at Rankin Chapel at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Tchanori Kone's words won her the first place at a Houston speech competition. — -- A fifth-grade Texas girl paid tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years after his death with ...