Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Speech
One of the most famous speeches made by Martin Luther King, Jr., was the one popularly known as the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Read more about it here.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Backtracks on Inflammatory Comments
During his Martin Luther King Day speech, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said God sent hurricanes and violence to New Orleans because he is angry at the United States, and God wants the city to be rebuilt as an African-American city. Now that his comments have drawn harsh criticism, Nagin wishes he could take those comments back.

Coretta Scott King Hospitalized in Fair Condition After Stroke
The widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. suffered a stroke on Wednesday, and was hospitalized in Atlanta.

Celebrating Black History Month in Georgia
Celebrate Black History Month by heading to Atlanta to visit the historical destinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement.

Martin Luther King Jr. Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. is an undying symbol of the black civil rights movement that changed the face of America during the 1950s and 1960s. Martin Luther King's methods were considered to be revolutionary at the time.

The Best Political Speech Of The Last Century
Article on Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech.

Rapper Calls for Rivals' Lynching in Row Over Martin Luther King's Heritage
In the highly competitive and at times violent world of New York hip hop, it is anything but unusual to hear rappers attack each other verbally in forceful terms. But seldom do they go as far as the writer of a new song that calls for fellow rappers to be lynched.

Work Begins on Martin Luther King Memorial
The three towering figures in American history - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln - were joined by a fourth yesterday when ground was broken for a national memorial to the civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

Martin Luther King's Private Papers Saved From Auction
The documents include telegrams and cancelled cheques, 800 index cards with ideas for sermons, a blue spiral notebook used in a prison cell, and a very early draft of the speech that would move a generation: 'I have a dream.'

Luther King Archive Retained By Alma Mater
The archive of Martin Luther King will stay in his home city of Atlanta in the possession of his alma mater, Morehouse College, thanks to a last minute, $32m (£17.5m) deal.

For Coretta Scott King, a Funeral Fit for a Leader in Her Own Right
· Presidents honour widow of Martin Luther King · Stars and ordinary people mourn civil rights activist

I Miss You Doc
A poem about how much I miss Martin Luther King Jr

Artistic Merit of Martin Luther King Statue Splits Town
Homage to black civil rights leader upsets US town still unable to live his dream.

I Have a Dream: Forty Years on
On August 28 1963, Martin Luther King delivered a speech that made the whole world sit up and listen. Gary Younge explains how it came about, how President Kennedy tried to stop it, and why it is as important now as it was then.

FBI Sheds New Light on Luther King the Orator
Undercover informers from the FBI who believed they were playing a part in undermining the work of Martin Luther King have unwittingly helped to add to his archive and further enhance his reputation. One of their clandestine tapes of his speeches during the civil rights struggle in the...

Luther King murder claim
The FBI says it is taking "very seriously" a claim by a Florida church minister that it was his father who assassinated Martin Luther King, rather than James Earl Ray, who died serving a 99-year prison sentence.