Bettmann Archive Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by ...

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential figures ... According to biographer and historian Taylor Branch, Dr. King's final conversation was with a saxophonist named Ben Branch.

Several public agencies and schools will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... to anything from K-Pop to rap to Taylor Swift.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in January to honor and remember the Civil Rights leader. His work has inspired millions, even decades after his death. While the Civil ...

This year Jan. 20 will be both Donald Trump's Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. According to USA TODAY, this coincidence has occurred only three times in the past, and they were ...