The Memphis NAACP and SCLC had a mix of hope and skepticism regarding President Trump's executive order to declassify records ...

America has waited decades for the full release of documents relating to the killings of JFK, RFK and MLK. That wait may soon be over.

King was born to Alberta Williams and Martin Luther King Sr. in Atlanta, in a modest two-story Queen Anne Victorian home that ...

The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is proud to announce the acquisition of the extraordinary archive of ...

Thousands of people braved the cold to learn about King and the Civil Rights movement during a free admission day at the Durham Museum in downtown Omaha.

From #kunhardtfilmfoundation Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was ...

This is not about Dr. King. It’s about us as a community,” said Janice Leavell, the chair for the King Holiday Committee in ...

Federal judge Jerry W. Blackwell stood in the pulpit of Duke Chapel during a Sunday commemoration service for civil rights ...

Joe Calhoun lived in a church attic, listening as Rev. King and other civil rights leaders planned the Memphis sanitation ...

Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 sanitation workers strike, listening to Martin Luther King Jr. and other ...

Kelsey J. Lawrence Originally constructed in 1869 (before being moved and rebuilt at its present location in 1925), The Peabody Memphis has held a long-standing reputation as one of the finest ...

Danielle Gardner of Believe Memphis Academy is this week’s Tennessee Lottery Educator of the Week! Ms. Gardner loves teaching students to read and develop an early love of learning.