Martin Luther King, Jr. News

Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Waterloo's West High School, its renovated auditorium will be rededicated with a memorial to the slain civil rights leader.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." One day before he was shot and killed, King said in his "Mountaintop" speech: "We've got some difficult days ahead, ... Like anybody, I would like ...

Despite facing a funding shortfall, organizers will continue with plans for Mesa's annual parade that honors slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

"And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand." - Bible "Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.

Decades after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. urged that people not be judged by the color of their skin, voting in the recent mayoral race in his hometown broke largely along racial lines.

Martin Luther King, Jr. uses subtly oppressive language in both his, "Letter From Birmingham Jail" and his, "I Have a Dream" speech.

The Rev. Bernice King has been chosen as the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father, the Rev.

UMass Dartmouth is accepting nominations for its eighth annual Drum Major Award to memorialize the legacy of Dr.

An informational flier is posted on a bulletin board in Martin Luther King Jr. University Union explaining the necessity of having approval by the Office of Campus Scheduling before displaying fliers.

NORTHFIELD a ' The Northfield Human Rights Commission is seeking nominees for its annual Human Rights Award.

Editor's Note: Civil rights was the issue of the day for Martin Luther King, Jr.

King family matriarch Christine King Farris chose to forgo inheriting her family home so that it could be preserved as the birthplace of her brother, Martin Luther King.

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation announced today that it would provide a $100 million underwriting guarantee to help Los Angeles County and the University of California reopen Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy," said Martin Luther King Jr., and that is exactly what King did.

The United Nations is demanding to know why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a terrorist attack on a U.N. guest house in Kabul.

A pharmaceutical billionaire is offering to provide University of California regents with a $100 million guaranty in support of the county's proposal to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital in South Los Angeles.

The International Institute of Nonviolence. By: Rev. Jermano I am remaking the announcement to open The International Institute of Nonviolence .

Memorial on the Mall Thursday. The official sign-off means the Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rep. John Lewis speaks after receiving the Drum Major Award at the fourth annual Dr.

Los Angeles pharmaceutical billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong announced plans Wednesday to provide University of California regents with a $100-million guaranty underwriting the county's latest proposal to reopen long-troubled Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital by 2012.