Martin Luther King Jr.

The MLK Jr. parade in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood has a rich tradition that started in 1977, making it one of the oldest Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades in the country.

Many people are unaware that King rehearsed his "I Have a Dream" speech at what is now the Historic Hampton House in Miami where he was a frequent guest.

A new public art monument dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was unveiled Friday. It immediately drew consternation and jeers as well as plaudits.

Across the City of Miami, Martin Luther King Jr. Day brings cultural festivities and community engagement.

The founder of the Black Archives at The Historic Lyric Theater, Dorothy Jenkins Fields, talks with WLRN's Carlos Frías on Sundial. They discuss Fields' impact on preserving local Black history and the personal stories that led her to this work, like the time she marched with Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a college student in Atlanta.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta until his assassination.

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.

As we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Morning Edition asks for you to write a poem that starts with the words "I dream a world."

Thousands lined the streets of Liberty City Monday for the 43rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.Street vendors set up shop early and the smell of…

Students and faculty stood up and clapped as keynote speaker Yusef Salaam, one of the members of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” walked on stage at…

Without money from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park would have been closed for the King holiday, a National Park Service spokesman told NPR.

Six-year-old Lauren Nelzi knew why she came with her mom, aunt and cousin to a parade in Liberty City on Monday.“We’re celebrating Martin Luther King,”…