March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — 1963 One of the most famous events of the Civil Rights Movement, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought about a quarter of a million ...

1. Martin Luther King Jr. Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and theologian who became the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement. His ideology was rooted ...

The same issues would re-emerge decades later, in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s ... early Reconstruction years responding to events. For example, in 1866, only a year after ...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr, a pivotal leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. His ...

Organizations across the region commemorated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. over the weekend, with one event in ...

On Friday, April 4, the National Civil Rights Museum honored the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 57th anniversary of ...

The National Civil Rights Museum will relocate its April 4 event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. indoors due to inclement ...

The event featured powerful performances by ... King was a prominent figure during the 1960s civil rights movement. On Friday, several speakers acknowledged King's legacy created a foundation ...