October 19, 1960: Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested along with students, eventually numbering 280, after conducting mass sit-ins at Rich’s Department Store and other Atlanta stores.

In honor of Martin Luther King’s birthday, Fork in the Road presents this collection of historic photos from the lunch-counter sit-ins of the early 1960’s, which forever changed the history of ...

The Perfecting Church will present “Sit In to Stand Up” -- “a day of community conversation, service and reconciliation” -- to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on ...

Lonnie C. King, Marilyn Pryce, and Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested during a sit-in demonstration protesting lunch-counter segregation, Atlanta, Oct. 19, 1960.

MLK Speaks on Integration in a 1960 Documentary. ... Integration Report I reveals snapshots of the civil rights struggle at the time, with footage of sit-ins and marches across the nation.

Quoting Ambrose Bierce, Harper said that patiently awaiting change in 2022 is merely “a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.” In that sense, he continued, “decolonization is a practice of ...

On Thursday, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King III was sitting at home in Atlanta with his siblings, watching the news, when a news bulletin flashed across their TV screen: Their father, the Rev. M… ...

Fifty-four years ago, an assassin’s bullet took the life of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the evening of April 4, 1968, Dr. King was fatally shot on the balcony of the Lorraine ...

MACON, Ga. — On Monday in downtown Macon, hundreds of people marched to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For over 50 years, people have marched for freedom, equality and other rights that Martin ...

In the 1960 presidential election, little focus was given to unrest in the South. So Atlanta activist Lonnie C. King came up with a plan, turning to his childhood friend MLK Jr. for support.